Main Entry:

Nur·i·stani

Pronunciation:

\ˌnu̇r-ə-ˈstä-nē, ˌnyu̇r-\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Nuristan, Afghanistan

Date:

1951

1 : a member of a group of peoples of the Hindu Kush in northeastern Afghanistan 2 : the family of languages spoken by the Nuristanis that constitutes a distinct branch of Indo-Iranian