Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The Iranian language spoken by the Pashtuns.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
Pushto .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun Official language of
Afghanistan .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan; the official language of Afghanistan
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The five variations of [ی] in Pashto are not distinguished, each being transliterated as [ey].
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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There is no gender distinction among Persian words, but such marking is integral in Pashto and affects both the pluralization of words and their casing in actual usage.
Belongings: Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa 2008
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There is a much larger array of dialects in Pashto, which means that a number of phonemes have a range of alophones.
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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There is a much larger array of dialects in Pashto, which means that a number of phonemes have a range of alophones.
Belongings: Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa 2008
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Most words in Pashto are inherently conceptualized as either masculine or feminine, but some Pashto words can assume both masculine and feminine forms, while others are basically gender neutral.
Belongings: Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa 2008
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Some words are found only in Pashto, others just in Persian.
Belongings: Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa 2008
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Most words in Pashto are inherently conceptualized as either masculine or feminine, but some Pashto words can assume both masculine and feminine forms, while others are basically gender neutral.
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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There is no gender distinction among Persian words, but such marking is integral in Pashto and affects both the pluralization of words and their casing in actual usage.
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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Some words are found only in Pashto, others just in Persian.
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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The five variations of [ی] in Pashto are not distinguished, each being transliterated as [ey].
Belongings: Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa 2008
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