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Meaning of "Pushtu" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PUSHTU

Pushtu  [ˈpʌʃtuː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PUSHTU

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pushtu is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PUSHTU MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pashto language

Pashto, also known historically as Afghani and Pathani, is the native language of the Pashtun people of South-Central Asia. Pashto is a member of the Eastern Iranian languages group. Pashto is one of the two official languages of Afghanistan, and is also spoken as a regional language in western and northwestern Pakistan and among the Pashtun diaspora around the world. Pashto belongs to the Northeastern Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian language family, although Ethnologue lists it as Southeastern Iranian. The number of Pashtuns or Pashto-speakers is estimated to be 40–60 million people worldwide.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PUSHTU


B-2
ˈbiːˌtuː
battu
bæˈtuː
Chengdu
ˈtʃɛŋˈtuː
go-to
ˈɡəʊˌtuː
hitherto
ˈhɪðəˈtuː
into
ˈɪntuː
kutu
ˈkuːtuː
ratu
ˈrɑːtuː
set-to
ˈsɛttuː
surtout
ˈsɜːtuː
tattoo
tæˈtuː
thereto
ˌðɛəˈtuː
to
tuː
too
tuː
tutu
ˈtuːtuː
two
tuː
unto
ˈʌntuː
Vanuatu
ˈvænuːˌætuː
vatu
ˈvætuː
vertu
vɜːˈtuː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PUSHTU

Pushkin
pushover
pushpin
pushrod
Pushto
pushy
pusillanimity
pusillanimous
pusillanimously
Puskas

WORDS THAT END LIKE PUSHTU

aitu
Bantu
btu
Ch´eng-tu
Chengtu
Desmond Tutu
ductal carcinoma in situ
Hiri Motu
Hutu
impromptu
in situ
latu
manitu
patu
Republic of Vanuatu
Tartu
Timbuktu
Ubuntu
utu
virtu

Synonyms and antonyms of Pushtu in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Pushtu» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PUSHTU

Find out the translation of Pushtu to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Pushtu from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Pushtu» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

普什图语
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pushtu
570 millions of speakers

English

Pushtu
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Pushtu
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الباشتون
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пушту
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Pushtu
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Pushtu
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Pushtu
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pushtu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Pushtu
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

Pushtu
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Pushtu
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pushtu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Pushtu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Pushtu
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पुश्टु
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Pushtu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Pushtu
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Pushtu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пушту
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Pushtu
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Pushtu
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Pushtu
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Pushtu
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Pushtu
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Pushtu

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PUSHTU»

The term «Pushtu» is regularly used and occupies the 59.515 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PUSHTU» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Pushtu

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PUSHTU»

Discover the use of Pushtu in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Pushtu and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Introduction to Pushtu: An Official Language of Afghanistan ...
It belongs to the Indo-Iranian branch of indo-European languages and is spoken by about 21 million people. This guide to the Pushtu language was originally published in 1938, and is now brought back into print for today's students.
Qazi Rahimullah Khan, H. L. Ogden, 2002
2
Notes on Pushtu Grammar: Together with an Appendix ...
Together with an Appendix Containing All the Recent "sentences" and "passages for Translation" A. D. Cox. NOTES ON PUSHTU GKAMMAE. INTRODUCTION. THE PUSHTU ALPHABET. THE PUSHTU ALPHABET (continued). The Pushtu ...
A. D. Cox, 2001
3
The Modern Pushtu Instructor
Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.8 x 0.9 inches
Rahimullah Khan Qazi, H. L. Ogden, 1938
4
English Pushtu Dictionary: The Pushtu Academy's Larger ...
This is not only a bi lingual dictionary but the definitive tome on the Pushtu language.
Pushtu Tolana, Pushtu Academy, 2007
5
A Manual of Pushtu
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
George Olof Roos-Keppel, kazi Abd al-Ghani Khan, 2010
6
A Chrestomathy of the Pushtu Or Afghan Language, to which is ...
Bernhard Dorn. , (60. خو دزوى شه خصلات وى يرى هرنبره محبت وى ذوى. مراكة دحرجاً به خيل وارد دى تحذير معرن بويه جه مير6 فدى نور يخه هيركره له خاطره كاه له *جره قبل قال كرى عاشقان بريشتينى شائى جه أدار دج به خله دى جه يابد. ويرى شى نزر يابه مغه ...
Bernhard Dorn, 1847
7
Catalogues of the Hindi, Panjabi, Sindhi, and Pushtu Printed ...
The writing of this book has afforded him pleasure in his leisure moments, and that pleasure would be much increased if he knew that the perusal of it would create any bond of sympathy between himself and the angling community in general.
J. F. Blumhardt, 2007
8
Pushtu Rozmarra Or Every-Day Pushtu
22 cm.
Zain-ul-Abdin Khan Abid, 2001
9
Afghanistan: A Bibliography
A 1113 LEBEDEV,K.A.,YATSEVICH, 1105 1106 1107 1108 short presentation of Pashto, the language of the Afghans: "Pashto guide". [Kabul?]: [n.p.], L.S. & KALININA, Z.M. Russko-pushtu slovar': okolo 32,000 slov. Izd. 2-e, sterotipnoe, 1997.
C. Heather Bleaney, María Ángeles Gallego, 2006
10
Catalogues of the Hindi Panjabi Sindhi and Pushtu Printed Books
There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there.
J. F. Blumhardt, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PUSHTU»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Pushtu is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Re-up competition to get fierce in some specialties
PV (Pushtu-Afghan). QB (Spanish-Caribbean). RU (Russian). SC (Serbo-Croatian). TA (Tagalog). UR (Urdu). Soldiers in the MOSs and skill levels listed above ... «ArmyTimes.com, May 15»
2
National Geographic's 50 greatest photographs exhibition to open in …
She didn't speak English and I didn't speak Pushtu. So she just sat there, and when she decided to get up and take off, she was gone." McCurry has said it's the ... «Stuff.co.nz, May 15»
3
Wounds from Peshawar: For injured APS survivors, Dec 16 has left …
KARACHI: Words some Pushtu fill the air in a semi-private hospital ward as children move from one room to another, visiting their friends, as if a small part of ... «The Express Tribune, Feb 15»
4
Reham Khan to produce Pashto film!
Reviving Pushtu culture & history. For eg one film is about Khushal Khan Khattak @FahaRehman @Madiha_Sultana. — Reham Khan (@RehamKhan1) ... «ARY NEWS, Feb 15»
5
Reham to produce a Pashto film
@RehamKhan1: Reviving Pushtu culture & history. For eg one film is about Khushal Khan Khattak @FahaRehman @Madiha_Sultana. Not only that, Reham ... «Daily Times, Feb 15»
6
President Ahmadzai wishes to further enhance Sino-Afghan ties
The president expressed the hope that young Chinese learning Pushtu and Dari will spend part of their career in Afghanistan and Afghans learning Chinese will ... «Xinhua, Oct 14»
7
​Illegal, but Fit to Serve: Pentagon to Recruit Undocumented …
Those include medical training and language expertise. Speakers of Arabic, Chinese, Pushtu, Korean, Russian, Urdu, Hindi and Hungarian are among those in ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Sep 14»
8
Did the Taliban ever really exist?
Learning Pushtu to sit down with Afghans and find out how they saw foreign forces, he realised we had completely misunderstood the country and its conflicts. «Big Issue, May 14»
9
An Intimate War–and Academic Freedom
The book—based on both military and research experience in Helmand and 150 interviews in Pushtu—offers a very different view of Helmand from those in the ... «Kings of War, Apr 14»
10
No one in the West understood what the war in Afghanistan was …
He served two years in Afghanistan and became fluent in the local Pushtu language. So the British Ministry of Defense sponsored him doing doctoral research ... «PRI, Apr 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Pushtu [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/pushtu>. Apr 2024 ».
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