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单词 Pashtun
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Definition of Pashtun in English:

Pashtun

(also Pakhtun)
noun pəʃˈtuːnpəSHˈto͞on
  • A member of a Pashto-speaking people inhabiting southern Afghanistan and north-western Pakistan.

    普什图人(生活于巴基斯坦西北部和阿富汗东南部,讲普什图语的民族)。亦称PATHAN

    Also called Pathan
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The officer corps before 1963 was not all-inclusive, however, and was dominated by Pashtuns and Tajiks.
    • In southwest Afghanistan, home to the Pashtuns, the country's largest ethnic group, the decision is made by the tribe.
    • The word ‘Afghan’ historically has been used to designate the members of an ethnic group also called the Pashtuns, but Afghanistan is multicultural and multiethnic.
    • For almost all of Afghanistan's recent political history a Pashtun has ruled the nation from Kabul.
    • Afghanistan's interim cabinet is made up of 11 Pashtuns, eight Tajiks, five Hazaras, three Uzbeks and three people from other ethnic groups.
    • The two most important groups are the ethnic Tajiks and the Pashtuns.
    • Though the Pashtuns comprise the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan, with estimates ranging from 40 to 60%, they don't have their own delegation here.
    • The raid provoked an angry response from local tribesmen who have close links with ethnic Pashtuns in the south and east of Afghanistan.
    • It would be unacceptable to Pakistan, the Pashtuns and many other Afghans.
    • Fed two meals a day in the communal cell, most are Afghan Pashtuns, but some are Pakistani and at least one is a Saudi Arabian.
    • Pakistan must pin its hopes on the Pashtuns, though their loyalties are uncertain.
    • Although Afghanistan is often described as a simple ethnic division, with Tajiks and Uzbeks in the north and Pashtuns in the south and east, this is an oversimplification.
    • The talks have continued anyway, but the remaining Pashtun delegates are exiles and don't represent Pashtuns within Afghanistan.
    • The movement has also grown in popularity because its members are Pashtuns, the same ethnic background as 35 per cent of the Afghan people.
    • Generally, the Pashtun of Afghanistan do not have very high living standards.
    • Some Afghans, particularly ethnic Pashtuns from the country's south, are unambiguously nostalgic.
    • This does not sit well with the country's Pashtuns, who make up 40 percent of the Afghan population.
    • Durrani's first success was to unite his own tribes - the Pashtuns (or Pathans as Rudyard Kipling called them) who lived in the south and east of what was to become his empire.
    • The border is known as the Durand Line, named after a British colonial officer who drew the lines during British rule, dividing the Pashtuns in Afghanistan from those in Pakistan.
    • In the northwest, Pashtun (also called Pakhtun or Pathan) are the main group.

Origin

From Pashto paštūn.

Definition of Pashtun in US English:

Pashtun

(also Pakhtun)
nounpəSHˈto͞on
  • A member of a Pashto-speaking people inhabiting southern Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan.

    普什图人(生活于巴基斯坦西北部和阿富汗东南部,讲普什图语的民族)。亦称PATHAN

    Also called Pathan
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The two most important groups are the ethnic Tajiks and the Pashtuns.
    • Some Afghans, particularly ethnic Pashtuns from the country's south, are unambiguously nostalgic.
    • Pakistan must pin its hopes on the Pashtuns, though their loyalties are uncertain.
    • Generally, the Pashtun of Afghanistan do not have very high living standards.
    • In southwest Afghanistan, home to the Pashtuns, the country's largest ethnic group, the decision is made by the tribe.
    • The word ‘Afghan’ historically has been used to designate the members of an ethnic group also called the Pashtuns, but Afghanistan is multicultural and multiethnic.
    • The movement has also grown in popularity because its members are Pashtuns, the same ethnic background as 35 per cent of the Afghan people.
    • Durrani's first success was to unite his own tribes - the Pashtuns (or Pathans as Rudyard Kipling called them) who lived in the south and east of what was to become his empire.
    • The officer corps before 1963 was not all-inclusive, however, and was dominated by Pashtuns and Tajiks.
    • It would be unacceptable to Pakistan, the Pashtuns and many other Afghans.
    • The border is known as the Durand Line, named after a British colonial officer who drew the lines during British rule, dividing the Pashtuns in Afghanistan from those in Pakistan.
    • The raid provoked an angry response from local tribesmen who have close links with ethnic Pashtuns in the south and east of Afghanistan.
    • In the northwest, Pashtun (also called Pakhtun or Pathan) are the main group.
    • The talks have continued anyway, but the remaining Pashtun delegates are exiles and don't represent Pashtuns within Afghanistan.
    • Fed two meals a day in the communal cell, most are Afghan Pashtuns, but some are Pakistani and at least one is a Saudi Arabian.
    • Though the Pashtuns comprise the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan, with estimates ranging from 40 to 60%, they don't have their own delegation here.
    • Although Afghanistan is often described as a simple ethnic division, with Tajiks and Uzbeks in the north and Pashtuns in the south and east, this is an oversimplification.
    • Afghanistan's interim cabinet is made up of 11 Pashtuns, eight Tajiks, five Hazaras, three Uzbeks and three people from other ethnic groups.
    • This does not sit well with the country's Pashtuns, who make up 40 percent of the Afghan population.
    • For almost all of Afghanistan's recent political history a Pashtun has ruled the nation from Kabul.

Origin

From Pashto paštūn.

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