Pashto

Pash·to  (psht) also Push·tu (psht)

n.

An Iranian language that is the principal vernacular language of Afghanistan and parts of western Pakistan. Also called Afghan.

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[Persian pashtu, from Pashto pato, perhaps ultimately from Iranian *parswa-, border, border people.]

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Noun

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Pashto - an Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan; the official language of Afghanistan Pashtu, Paxto, Afghani, Afghan Iranian language, Iranian - the modern Persian language spoken in Iran Jirga - a Pashto term for a decision making assembly of male elders; "most criminal cases are handled by a tribal Jirga rather than by laws or police"