Pathan

Pa·than  (p-tän)

n.

A member of a Pashto-speaking people of eastern Afghanistan and northwest Pakistan, constituting the majority population of Afghanistan.

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[Hindi Pahn, from Pashto Ptana, pl. of Ptn, an Afghan, from pato, Pashto.]

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Pathan [pəˈtɑːn]

n

(Social Science / Peoples) a member of the Pashto-speaking people of Afghanistan, NW Pakistan, and elsewhere, most of whom are Muslim in religion

[from Hindi]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Pathan - a member of the mountain people living in the eastern regions of Afghanistan; "Pathans are the predominant ethnic group in Afghanistan" Pashtoon, Pashtun, Pushtun Afghanistani, Afghan - a native or inhabitant of Afghanistan
	2.	Pathan - an ethnic minority speaking Pashto and living in northwestern Pakistan and southeastern Afghanistan Pashtun ethnic minority - a group that has different national or cultural traditions from the majority of the population