# Nuristani

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. 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.

## Etymology
From Persian نورستانی (nurestâni), from نورستان (nurestân) + ـی (-i, “of or pertaining to”), from نور (nur, “light”) + ـستان (-estân, “land of”).

## Source
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