Nuristani

noun

Nur·​i·​stani ˌnu̇r-ə-ˈstä-nē 

ˌnyu̇r-

1

: a member of a group of peoples of the Hindu Kush in northeastern Afghanistan

2

: the family of languages spoken by the Nuristanis that constitutes a distinct branch of Indo-Iranian

Word History

Etymology

Nuristan, Afghanistan

First Known Use

1950, in the meaning defined at sense 1