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Pathan
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English
Etymology
en inc-hnd ur پٹھان / hi पठान. en Pashtun.
Pronunciation
en /pəˈtɑːn/
en ɑːn 2
Noun
en British India South Asia en Pashtun; a member of the Pashto-speaking people of today’s north-west Pakistan and south-east Afghanistan.
en 1855 Sir Richard Burton Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah Dover 1964 44–5 After long deliberation about the choice of nations, I became a “Pathán.”
en 1958 November M. H. Baker The North Borneo Railway Railway Magazine 783 The 57-mile line from Jesselton to Beaufort was a more substantial undertaking than that from Weston, and a contract was given to the firm of George Pauling & Company, which brought many Pathans, veterans of railway building in India, to tackle the job.
Further reading
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