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Push⋅tu

[puhsh-too]
–noun
Pashto.
Also, Push⋅to [puhsh-toh] .

Pash⋅to

[puhsh-toh]
–noun
an Indo-European, Iranian language that is the official language of Afghanistan and the chief vernacular of the eastern part of the nation.
Also, Pushtu, Pushto.
Also called Afghan, Afghani.
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Pash·to   (pŭsh'tō)   
n.  An Iranian language that is the principal vernacular language of Afghanistan and parts of western Pakistan. Also called Afghan.

[Persian pashtu, from Pashto pašto, perhaps ultimately from Iranian *parsāwa-, border, border people.]
Push·tu   (pŭsh'tōō)   
n.  Variant of Pashto.
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