PATHAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pathan mean? 

• PATHAN (noun)
  The noun PATHAN has 2 senses:

1. a member of the mountain people living in the eastern regions of Afghanistan

2. an ethnic minority speaking Pashto and living in northwestern Pakistan and southeastern Afghanistan

  Familiarity information: PATHAN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PATHAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of the mountain people living in the eastern regions of Afghanistan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Pashtoon; Pashtun; Pathan; Pushtun

Context example:

Pathans are the predominant ethnic group in Afghanistan

Hypernyms ("Pathan" is a kind of...):

Afghan; Afghanistani (a native or inhabitant of Afghanistan)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An ethnic minority speaking Pashto and living in northwestern Pakistan and southeastern Afghanistan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Pashtun; Pathan

Hypernyms ("Pathan" is a kind of...):

ethnic minority (a group that has different national or cultural traditions from the majority of the population)