Pashtun

noun

Pash·tun | \ˌpəsh-ˈtün

\

variants: or less commonly Pushtun

plural Pashtuns also Pushtuns or Pashtun also Pushtun

Definition of Pashtun

: a member of a people of eastern and southern Afghanistan and adjacent parts of Pakistan

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The first known use of Pashtun was in 1815

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