Pathan
WordNet
noun
(1) An ethnic minority speaking Pashto and living in northwestern Pakistan and southeastern Afghanistan
(2) A member of the mountain people living in the eastern regions of Afghanistan
"Pathans are the predominant ethnic group in Afghanistan"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- In India and Pakistan, a Pashtun; a member of the Pashto-speaking people of 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: