پٹھان

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀧𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀦 (*paṭṭhāna).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /pə.ʈʰäːɳə̆/

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• Rhymes: -äːɳ

Proper noun

پَٹھاݨ • (paṭhāṇ) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਪਠਾਣ)

1. Pashtun, Pathan
2. (historical) Afghan

Adjective

پَٹھاݨ • (paṭhāṇ) (indeclinable, Gurmukhi spelling ਪਠਾਣ)

1. warrior; fighter

References

• “ਪਠਾਣ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “پٹھان”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀧𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀦 (*paṭṭhāna).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /pə.ʈʰɑːn/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːn
• Hyphenation: پَ‧ٹھان

Proper noun

پَٹھان • (paṭhān) m (Hindi spelling पठान)

1. Pashtun, Pathan
2. (historical) Afghan, Kabuli

Noun

پَٹھان • (paṭhān) m (Hindi spelling पठान)

1. (figuratively) soldier, warrior, fighter

References

• S. W. Fallon (1879) “پتَهان”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 341
• “پٹھان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “پٿهان”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 228
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “پٹهان”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 150
• “پٹھان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• John Shakespear (1834) “پٿهان”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 379
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “paṣṭāna”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 452