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pathan

Noun

Pa=than

WORDNET DICTIONARY

pathan(n = noun.person) pashtoon, pashtun, pushtun - a member of the mountain people living in the eastern regions of Afghanistan; "Pathans are the predominant ethnic group in Afghanistan"

is a kind of afghan, afghanistani

pathan(n = noun.group) pashtun - an ethnic minority speaking Pashto and living in northwestern Pakistan and southeastern Afghanistan; Array

is a kind of ethnic minority

pathan, prop. n.

A native or inhabitant of Afghanistan, especially of the Pashtun tribes of southern Afghanistan. [WordNet 1.5]

pathan, n. a member of a Pashto-speaking people inhabiting NW Pakistan and SE Afghanistan.

Etymology

Hindi

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