noun
Pathan
puh-TAHN
noun
1
A member of the Pashto-speaking people of Afghanistan and north-west Pakistan; another name for Pashtun.
"His grandfather was a Pathan from the North-West Frontier."
How to Use Pathan
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAn older or South-Asian-English name for the Pashtun ethnic group.
Easily confused with
Pashtun
Word Forms
Pathans plural
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Etymology
Borrowed from Hindustani paṭhān — the same people are also known as Pashtun.