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Pathan

/pəˈtɑːn/

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Borrowed from Hindustani پٹھان / पठान (paṭhān). Doublet of Pashtun.

noun Pathans

British, India, South Asia Synonym of Pashtun; a member of the Pashto-speaking people of today’s north-west Pakistan and south-east Afghanistan. After long deliberation about the choice of nations, I became a “Pathán.”
Similar: Pashtun

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Pathan. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pathan

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"Pathan." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pathan.

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@misc{pathan_2026,
  title = {Pathan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pathan},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}