Pashto
[puhsh-toh] /ˈpʌʃ toʊ/
noun
1.
an Indo-European, Iranian language that is the official language of Afghanistan and the chief vernacular of the eastern part of the nation.
/ˈpʌʃtəʊ/
noun
1.
a language of Afghanistan and NW Pakistan, belonging to the East Iranian branch of the Indo-European family: since 1936 the official language of Afghanistan
2.
(pl) -to, -tos, -tu, -tus. a speaker of the Pashto language; a Pathan
adjective
3.
denoting or relating to this language or a speaker of it
n.
1784, from Persian pashto (Afghan pakhto). Related: Pashtun.
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