Pashto

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noun

Pash·to ˈpəsh-(ˌ)tō

variants or less commonly Pushtu

ˈpəsh-(ˌ)tü

: the Iranian language of the Pashtuns

Pushtu

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less common variant of pashto

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Overlapping conversations in Russian, Spanish, Romanian, Mandarin and Pashto — plus several others — bleed into the hallways in a cacophony reminiscent of an airport or embassy. — Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2026 In 1988, Abdul Ahad Momand became the first, and only, Afghan cosmonaut in space and made Pashto the fourth language ever spoken beyond Earth. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2026 Turkish administrators announced translation support for earthquake victims in several languages, including Russian, German, and Pashto—but not Kurdish, the language of some fifteen million Turkish citizens. — Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 July 2026 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. — Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for Pashto

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Pashto pašto

First Known Use

Noun

1834, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of Pashto was in 1834

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Pashtun

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