Pashto
/ˈpʌʃ.toʊ/noun
An Iranian language spoken mainly in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Did you know?The name Pashto is tied to the Pashtun people and is ultimately connected to a long history of regional ethnonyms, but its exact deeper origin is debated rather than securely traced to a single ancient root.
Etymological Timeline
Modern English
English
Pashto
“The Pashto language.”
19th–20th Century
English
Pashtu / Pushto
“Variant English spellings for the same language.”
Modern Pashto
Pashto
پښتو (Paṣtō/Paxto)
“The Pashto language.”
Pashtun ethnonym
Pashto
پښتون (Paṣtūn)
“A Pashtun person; the Pashtun people.”