Pathan

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hindi पठान (paṭhān) and (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Urdu پٹھان (paṭhān), ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Pashto پښتون (paẍtun).

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.”

References

• “Pathan”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Pathan”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “Pathan” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.
• “Pathan”, in Collins English Dictionary.