pashtun

Noun pashtun has 2 senses

• pashtun(n = noun.person) pashtoon, pathan, pushtun - a member of the mountain people living in the eastern regions of Afghanistan; "Pathans are the predominant ethnic group in Afghanistan"
is a kind of afghan, afghanistani

• pashtun(n = noun.group) pathan - an ethnic minority speaking Pashto and living in northwestern Pakistan and southeastern Afghanistan;
is a kind of ethnic minority