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Borrowed from Pashto پښتون (pax̌tūn). Doublet of Pathan.

Pashtun (comparative more Pashtun, superlative most Pashtun)

  1. Of or relating to the Pashtuns (a segmentary-lineage ethnic group currently numbering some 50 million people, which is the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan and the second largest in Pakistan), or to their culture.

of or relating to the Pashtuns

Pashtun (plural Pashtuns)

  1. A member of the Pashtun ethnic group, or of a Pashtun tribe.
  2. A Pashto-speaking person.

Pashtun person

Pashtun

  1. Pashto: the language of the Pashtun ethnic group.