पठाण

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀧𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀦 (*paṭṭhāna), borrowed from Iranian. Compare Gujarati પઠાણ (paṭhāṇ), Hindustani پَٹھان (paṭhān) / पठान (paṭhān), Sindhi پَٺاڻُ / पठाणु, Punjabi ਪਠਾਣ (paṭhāṇ) / پَٹھاݨ (paṭhāṇ), Odia ପଠାଣ (pôṭhaṇô), Nepali पठान (paṭhān), Maithili पठान (paṭhān) / 𑒣𑒚𑒰𑒢 (paṭāna), Bengali পাঠান (paṭhan), Assamese পাঠান (pathan).

• IPA^(key): /pə.ʈʰaɳ/

पठाण • (paṭhāṇ) m

1. Pashtun, Pathan

• Berntsen, Maxine, “पठाण”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983, page 82.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “पठाण”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 484
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “पठाण”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “paṣṭāna”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 452