Proper noun
Pashtunwali
The tribal code of conduct followed by the Pashtun people.
For example, many leaders of non-Pashtun ethnic groups in Afghanistan practice Pashtunwali to some degree and are fluent in Pashto language. Source: Internet
'Doing Pashto: Pashtunwali as the ideal of honourable behaviour and tribal life among the Pashtuns' - this new thematic report by Lutz Rzehak provides an overview about the way of life of the Pashtuns, often called Pashtunwali. Source: Internet
Pashtunwali, the unwritten code that guides Pashtuns, embraces concepts such as melmastia (hospitality), nanawatay (asking for asylum), nang (honor), meraana (courage), and nyao aw badal (justice and revenge). Source: Internet
No foreign language can capture the various concepts native to Afghanistan as intricately as native speakers’ own languages do, for example in the case of Pashtunwali customs. Source: Internet
Pashtun culture is mostly based on Pashtunwali and the usage of the Pashto language. Source: Internet
Roy, Olivier, Globalized Islam, Columbia University Press, 2004, p. 239. They also frequently used the pre-Islamic Pashtun tribal code, Pashtunwali in deciding certain social matters, which often contradicted the Qu'ran. Source: Internet