transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌnu̇r-ə-ˈstä-nē, ˌnyu̇r- ]
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