Nuristani
/ˌnʊərɪˈstɑːni/(also Nooristani)
noun
A member of a people inhabiting part of the Hindu Kush area of north-eastern Afghanistan. Also: any of the related Indo-Iranian languages spoken by these people; these languages collectively.
- The region was formerly known as Kafiristan and its people as Kafirs. It was renamed Nuristan on the conversion of the population to Islam at the end of the 19th cent.: compare Encycl. Islam (1960) at Afghānistān..
adjective
Designating the Nuristanis or their languages.
Origin
1950s. From the name of Nuristan (Persian Nūristān), a region of Afghanistan + -i.
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