A member of a mainly Islamic people living mostly in northern Iran and Iraq, Syria, eastern Turkey, and regions of Azerbaijan and Armenia (the area…

(a) A Pashtun, in later use esp. one from Afghanistan. (b) More generally: a native or inhabitant of Afghanistan; a person of Afghani descent. Cf. Af…

A member of a people of Afghan Pathan origin inhabiting the region around Bareilly, in the north-west of present-day Uttar Pradesh in northern India.

A member of a Pashto-speaking people inhabiting the mountainous region between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

A member of a Pathan people partly inhabiting the mountainous region of Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan to the north of the Khyber Pass, and partly…

Usually in form Kafir. A member of a non-Islamic people inhabiting part of the Hindu Kush area of north-eastern Afghanistan. Now historical.

A member of a nomadic trading people of Afghanistan.

A member of a settled people of mixed Turkoman and Iranian descent, living as town-dwellers and traders in Turkestan and parts of Afghanistan. Cf…

(A member of) a nomadic people inhabiting areas of Afghanistan around the Khyber Pass. Also attributive.

One of a people of Kurdistan; also, the language of this people. Also as adj.

A native or inhabitant of Afghanistan. Cf. Afghan, n. 1.