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Definition of Pashto

1. Noun. An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan; the official language of Afghanistan.

Definition of Pashto

1. Proper noun. Official language of Afghanistan. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pashto

Literary usage of Pashto

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Introduction to the Study of Language: A Critical Survey of the History and by Berthold Delbrück (1882)
"171 to 230: Popular Stories, Ballads and Riddles, and pp. 231 to 413: Pashto Proverbs Translated into English. pp. 414 to 473: Pashto Proverbs in Pashto. ..."

2. Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies by Thomas Wright (1884)
"171 to 230: Popular Stories, Ballads and Riddles, and pp. 231 to 413: Pashto Proverbs Translated into English, pp. 414 to 473 : Pashto Proverbs in Pashto. ..."

3. Report on the First Regular Land Revenue Settlement of the Bannu District in by Septimus Smet Thorburn (1879)
"It is very difficult to acquire a colloquial knowledge of Pashto in this district, because though all follow the soft pronunciation, yet Wazirs, ..."

4. The University Library: Papers Contributed to the Cambridge University by Henry Bradshaw (1881)
"231 to 413: Pashto Proverbs Translated into English, pp. 414 to 473: Pashto Proverbs in Pashto. Trumpp.—GRAMMAR OF THE PASTO, or Language of the Afghans, ..."

5. Census of India, 1901 by India Census Commissioner, Sir Herbert Hope Risley (1902)
"Thus only 52550 persons in the Punjab speak Pashto and many of these were most probably ... Still there remains a strong Pashto-speaking element settled in ..."

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