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Pathan, n. (a.)|pəˈtɑːn|
Also 7 Pattan, Puttan, 8 Patan, 9 Puthan.
[Hind., f. Pashto Pakhtun.]
The name of a Pashto-speaking people inhabiting parts of south-east Afghanistan and north-west Pakistan, also called Pakhtun. Also attrib. or as adj.
1638T. Herbert Trav. (ed. 2) 64 Most of her Pattans were slaine. 1787C. Hamilton Hist. Relation Rohilla Afgans N. Provinces Hindostan 53 The tribe of Afgans denominated Rohees, or Rohillas, (so termed from Roh, which in the Pâtan dialect signifies a mountainous country.) 1792Asiatick Researches III. 6 The principal inhabitants of the mountains, called Pársici,..seem to have been destroyed or expelled by the numerous tribes of Afgháns or Patans. 1851H. B. Edwardes Year on Punjab Frontier I. 78, The people whom we geographically call Afghans, style themselves nationally Putháns. 1864Athenæum 5 Nov. 598/3 Pathans and Sikhs inspired them with feelings very little removed from panic. 1901Kipling Kim vii. 173 Except for Mahbub Ali, and he is a Pathan, I have no friend save thee, Holy One. 1903Strand Mag. May 530/1 A swarthy Pathan face grinned wickedly over a rubble heap. Ibid. 530/2 To compete with the..Pathan in his own hills. 1915R. W. Campbell Private Spud Tamson iii. 23 Once on the Frontier of India he had slaughtered ten bloodthirsty Pathans in the space of an hour. 1930N.Y. Times 6 Feb. 22/6 His [sc. Kipling's] commissioners, syces, Pathans, and budmashes continue to be as well known as the fascinating denizens of the animal kingdom celebrated in ‘The Jungle Books’. 1958A. Toynbee East to West 128 That British century had already brought the modern world to the threshold of the Pathan highlander's hovel. 1968Economist 16 Nov. 31/1 Extremists..argue that the Pathans, like the Nagas, were never part of pre-partition India and should therefore be allowed to determine their own future. 1971R. Dentry Encounter at Kharmel iii. 58 Your Pathan tribesman is a realist. He enjoys cutting throats. 1973Times 27 July 16/3 The Pathans are estimated to account for half the present population of Afghanistan. 1976Spare Rib Nov. 12/1 It was the case of a Pathan family. The Pathans are often very orthodox Muslims—sometimes religious fanatics. |