Pronunciation: ˌ nu ̇ r- ə - ' stä-n ē , ˌ nyu ̇ r-
Function: noun
Etymology: Nuristan, Afghanistan
Date: 1951
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