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Nuristani
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nuristani
English
Etymology
From en fa نورستانی nurestâni, from fa نورستان nurestân + fa ـی -i of or pertaining to, from fa نور nur light + fa ـستان -estân land of.
Noun
Any member of an ethnic group found mostly in the Nuristan, Laghman and Kunar provinces of Afghanistan, now generally Muslim but having once had an Indo-Iranian polytheistic religion.
Proper noun
One of the three groups within the Indo-Iranian language family, the other two being Indo-Aryan and Iranian groups.
Derived terms
en Proto-Nuristani
en Language families