पठान

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀧𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀦 (*paṭṭhāna), borrowed from Iranian. Compare Punjabi ਪਠਾਣ (paṭhāṇ), Gujarati પઠાણ (paṭhāṇ), Marathi पठाण (paṭhāṇ), Bengali পাঠান (paṭhan).

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /pə.ʈʰɑːn/, [pɐ.ʈʰä̃ːn]

पठान • (paṭhān) m or f by sense (Urdu spelling پَٹھَان)

1. Pashtun, Pathan

NOTE: This term is declined masculine or feminine according to the gender of the referent.

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पठान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 592

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “paṣṭāna”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press