puštuns

Latvian

Etymology

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Pashto پښتون (paṧtun).

Noun

puštuns m (1st declension)

1. Pashtun, a member of the Pashtun people

   stalts un lepns kā īsts puštuns ― stately and proud like a real Pashtun

   mans tēvs ir puštuns ― my father is a Pashtun

   puštuni jeb etniskie afgāņi ir irāņu tauta, kura galvenokārt dzīvo Afganistānas dienvidos un austrumos ― the Pashtuns or ethnic Afghans are an Iranian people living mostly in the south and east of Afghanistan

2. (genitive plural) Pashtun, relating to the Pashtun people, their language and culture

   puštunu kultūra ― Pashtun culture

   puštunu tautas ― the Pashtun people

   puštunu garīgais līderis Sajeds Ahmads Gailani ― Pashtun spiritual leader Sayed Ahmad Gailani

Usage notes

• The term puštuns is now preferred to afgānis, afgāniete as a more precise name for a member of the Pashtun people, since afgānis, afgāniete, like English Afghan, could in principle refer to a member of any of the ethnic groups from Afghanistan.
• The feminine form of puštuns, presumably puštuniete, is thus far unattested.

Declension

Declension of puštuns (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	puštuns	puštuni
accusative (akuzatīvs)	puštunu	puštunus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	puštuna	puštunu
dative (datīvs)	puštunam	puštuniem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	puštunu	puštuniem
locative (lokatīvs)	puštunā	puštunos
vocative (vokatīvs)	puštun	puštuni

Synonyms

• afgānis, afgāniete

Related terms

• puštu
• puštunu valoda

See also

• Afganistāna