puštuns
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Pashto پښتون (paṧtun).
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]puštuns m (1st declension)
- 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
- (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
[edit]- 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
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | puštuns | puštuni |
| genitive | puštuna | puštunu |
| dative | puštunam | puštuniem |
| accusative | puštunu | puštunus |
| instrumental | puštunu | puštuniem |
| locative | puštunā | puštunos |
| vocative | puštun | puštuni |