Pashto
noun
Pash·to
ˈpəsh-(ˌ)tō 
variants
or less commonly Pushtu
: the Iranian language of the Pashtuns
Examples of Pashto in a Sentence
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And people reporting such incidents, along with video and photos, can do so in one of 42 languages, including Swahili, Amharic, Pashto, Urdu, Tamil, Hmong, Nepali, Kinyarwanda, Telugu, Somali, Tigrinya, and many others.
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Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2026
The decree was issued last month but has only recently come to international attention after it was leaked to the Afghan rights group Rawadari, which published it in the original Pashto.
—Mick Krever, CNN Money, 1 Mar. 2026
Lake initially preserved service in only four languages (Mandarin, Dari, Pashto, and Farsi) but later added a few more, including Korean and Kurdish.
—The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
Lakanwal, 29, spoke Pashto during the hearing and used an interpreter to communicate.
—Justin Goldman, NBC news, 4 Feb. 2026
The district serves approximately 22,000 emergent bilingual students whose families speak more than 100 languages, including Spanish, Pashto, Vietnamese, Mandarin, and Arabic.
—Keri Heath, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
The Headstrong Project As a former cryptologic linguist with the U.S. Air Force attached to the intelligence community, Tahlia Burton dos Santos translated Pashto in real time to identify and subvert threats to military service men and women in Afghanistan.
—Robin Roenker, USA Today, 21 May 2025
The Fredericksburg area now has halal markets, Afghan restaurants and school outreach programs for families who speak Dari and Pashto.
—Tiffany Stanley, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025
The surveys, which began in 2010, were conducted in Dari and Pashto in all 34 provinces.
—Karlyn Bowman, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
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Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2026
The decree was issued last month but has only recently come to international attention after it was leaked to the Afghan rights group Rawadari, which published it in the original Pashto.
—Mick Krever, CNN Money, 1 Mar. 2026
Lake initially preserved service in only four languages (Mandarin, Dari, Pashto, and Farsi) but later added a few more, including Korean and Kurdish.
—The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
Lakanwal, 29, spoke Pashto during the hearing and used an interpreter to communicate.
—Justin Goldman, NBC news, 4 Feb. 2026
The district serves approximately 22,000 emergent bilingual students whose families speak more than 100 languages, including Spanish, Pashto, Vietnamese, Mandarin, and Arabic.
—Keri Heath, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
The Headstrong Project As a former cryptologic linguist with the U.S. Air Force attached to the intelligence community, Tahlia Burton dos Santos translated Pashto in real time to identify and subvert threats to military service men and women in Afghanistan.
—Robin Roenker, USA Today, 21 May 2025
The Fredericksburg area now has halal markets, Afghan restaurants and school outreach programs for families who speak Dari and Pashto.
—Tiffany Stanley, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025
The surveys, which began in 2010, were conducted in Dari and Pashto in all 34 provinces.
—Karlyn Bowman, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
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“Pashto.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Pashto. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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