Afridi

noun

Afri·​di

ə-ˈfrē-dē,

a-

plural Afridis or Afridi

1

: a Pashtun tribe occupying the hilly country about the Khyber Pass and found on both sides of the frontier between Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan

2

: a member of the Afridi tribe

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Persian & Urdu afrīdī, corresponding to Pashto aprīdī (singular aprīday)

First Known Use

1784, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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