Pathan

English

Etymology

From Hindi or Punjabi पठान (Paṭhān), ultimately from Pashto پښتون‎.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pəˈtɑːn/

Noun

Pathan (plural Pathans)

  1. In India and Pakistan, a Pashtun; a member of the Pashto-speaking people of north-west Pakistan and south-east Afghanistan.
    • 1855, Sir Richard Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah, Dover 1964, p. 44-5:
      After long deliberation about the choice of nations, I became a “Pathán.”
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