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pashto

/puhsh-toh/US // ˈpʌʃ toʊ //UK // (ˈpʌʃtəʊ) //

普什图语,普赫图语,普什图族,普尔图语

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an Indo-European, Iranian language that is the official language of Afghanistan and the chief vernacular of the eastern part of the nation.

Examples

  • A former interpreter, Lughmani called up a guard he knew was working at the gates and asked in Pashto what was really going on.

  • Our Pashto interpreter explained how he had pretended to be a Pakistani policeman when interested crowds approached the compound.

  • Over the course of these meetings, Zalwar Khan, whose name in Pashto means brave leader, becomes more relaxed.

  • He is an articulate, gifted speaker in his native Pashto, and is fluent in Persian and Arabic.

  • I remember speaking with Taliban mullahs: black beards, white turbans, Arabic inflection to their Pashto.

  • On Thursday the Taliban website Al Emara posted a Pashto-language editorial headlined “Libertine Friend.”