pathan · noun — synonym of Pashtun; a member of the Pashto-speaking people of today’s north-west Pakistan and south-east Afghanistan.
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pathan is pronounced /pəˈtɑːn/.
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindustani پٹھان / पठान (paṭhān). Doublet of Pashtun.
noun
- Synonym of Pashtun; a member of the Pashto-speaking people of today’s north-west Pakistan and south-east Afghanistan.e.g.“After long deliberation about the choice of nations, I became a “Pathán.”” — 1855, Sir Richard Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah, Dover, published 1964, pages 44–5:
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