Pushto
Britishnoun
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He heard them talking to each other, and recognised with joy the bastard Pushto that he had picked up from one of his father's grooms lately dismissed.
From The Kipling Reader Selections from the Books of Rudyard Kipling by Kipling, Rudyard
In the Pushto version of probably the original story the name is Gulandama = Rosa, a variant probably of the Flower Princess.
From Tales of the Punjab by Steel, Flora Annie
Pushtoo or Pushto, the language of the Afghans, said to be derived from the Zend, with admixtures from the neighbouring tribes.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin
They derive their name from Roh, the designation given to the country where the Pushto language is spoken by residents of Hindustān.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)
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