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Pashto

  • /ˈpæʃtəʊ/
  • /ˈpʌʃtəʊ/

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Borrowed from Pashto پښتو (paẍto).

proper noun Pashtu · Poshto · Pushto · Pushtoo · Pushtu · Pakhto

  1. uncountable The native Indo-Iranian language of the Pashtun people; an official language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Tariq clenched his teeth and muttered something to himself in Pashto that Laila didn’t catch.

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name official language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Españolpastún, pasto, pashto
한국어파슈토어 pasyuto'eo
日本語パシュトー語 pashutōgo
中文普什圖語 /普什图语 pǔshítúyǔ
हिन्दीपश्तो paśto
Portuguêspastó, afegane, afegão
Françaispachto
DeutschPaschtu, Paschto, Puschtu, Paschtunisch, Afghanisch
Românăpaștună, limba paștună, paștu
Русскийпушту́ puštú, пашто́ paštó, пушту́нский puštúnskij
Tiếng Việttiếng Pashtun
العربيةبُشْتُوِيَّة buštuwiyya
עבריתפַּשְׁטוֹ pashto

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"Pashto." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pashto. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Pashto. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pashto

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"Pashto." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pashto.

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@misc{pashto_2026,
  title = {Pashto},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pashto},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}