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Pashtun vs Pathan - What's the difference?

pashtun | pathan |

pashtun

English

Alternative forms

* (l) * (l), (l)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or relating to the Pashtuns (a segmentary-lineage ethnic group currently numbering some 50 million people, which is the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan and the second largest in Pakistan), or to their culture.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A member of the Pashtun ethnic group, or of a Pashtun tribe.
  • A Pashto-speaking person.

    • Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • Pashto: the language of the Pashtun ethnic group.

    • Related terms

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    pathan

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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 .”