پښتون

Etymology
Most likely derived from *Parstāna- (compare 🇨🇬 < ), from Old Iranian *Parswāna-, with the basic stem *Parsū-; closely related to *Parθaʰ (“Parthian”) and Old Persian, both from the earlier *Parsūa-, probably meaning "border or borderland" (in contrast to Media, meaning "central land"); cf. Sanskrit (Pāṇini) Parśu- “a (northwestern) warrior tribe” and Late Babylonian.

Other theories connect the name to the Northern Indian words for "mound, embankment;" compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, and 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) Pashtun

Related terms

 * masculine of
 * speaker of
 * singular of