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However, the similarity of names can also be traced to the presence of Arabic through Islam. [175] This theory of Pashtuns Jewish origin has been largely denied and is said that Its biblical claims are anecdotal, its historical documentation is inconsistent, its geographic claims are incoherent, and its linguistic assertions are implausible. [176]
Khushal Khan Khattak – Pashto poet, warrior, and tribal chief from the 17th century [9] Rahman Baba – Pashto poet and Sufi saint; Abaseen Yousafzai – Pashto poet known for his modernist poetry; Hafiz Alpuri – Pashto Poet; Khatir Afridi – Pashto poet and writer; Malala Yousafzai – Pashto writer, activist, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
Pashto-language writers (2 C, 14 P) S. Pashtun Sufis (1 C, 11 P) T. Pashtun tribes (7 C, 57 P) Pages in category "Pashtun people" The following 200 pages are in this ...
The Loralai speak a dialect which is a "soft" Pashto dialect, similar to the Kandahari dialect. The Safi, a few Jaduns, and other minor northern Gharghashti tribes speak the northern or "hard" Pashto variety. The Jaduns, living on the Mahabun mountain slopes around Swabi speak Pashto, while those living in Hazara speak Pashto and Hindko.
An Afghan personal name consists of a given name (Dari: نام, Pashto: نوم) and sometimes a surname at the end. Personal names are generally not divided into first and family names; a single name is recognized as a full personal name, and the addition of further components – such as additional given names, regional, or ethnic family/clan names or patronymics – is often a matter of ...
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Pashtun diaspora (Pashto: بهر مېشت پښتانه) comprises all ethnic Pashtuns. There are millions of Pashtuns who are living outside of their traditional homeland of Pashtunistan , a historic region that is today situated over parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan . [ 12 ]
In India most ethnic Pashtun (Pathan) peoples speak the geographically native Hindi-Urdu language rather than Pashto, but there are small numbers of Pashto speakers, such as the Sheen Khalai in Rajasthan, [30] and the Pathan community in the city of Kolkata, often nicknamed the Kabuliwala ("people of Kabul").