Pathan
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /pəˈtɑːn/
Pathan (plural Pathans)
- 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.”
- 1855, Sir Richard Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah, Dover 1964, p. 44-5:
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