1. Pakhtun - Noun
2. Pakhtun - Adjective
Pakhtun (comparative more Pakhtun, superlative most Pakhtun)
Alternative form of Pashtun
Pakhtun (plural Pakhtuns)
Alternative form of Pashtun
Ancient references further The Arachosia Satrapy and the Pactyan people during the Achaemenid Empire in 500 B.C. A variety of ancient groups with eponyms similar to Pakhtun have been hypothesized as possible ancestors of modern Pashtuns. Source: Internet
Early British explorers (many of them Scottish) saw in Pakhtun tribes a parallel to Scottish yeomen struggling against the landed estates of rural Britain. Source: Internet
Her work on Pakhtun society also built on her prolonged and multifarious experience in ‘the field’, in particular on her familiarity with regions such as Fata that have become inaccessible to foreign or even Pakistani scholars over the past two decades. Source: Internet
Pakhtunwali, or the Pakhtun code of behaviour, lays great stress on female segregation. Source: Internet
With the current focus on security issues, major social transformations have gone off the radar — for instance, the emergence of a growing Pakhtun middle class in the city. Source: Internet