单词 | swati |
释义 | Swatin. A member of a people inhabiting the district of Swat in Pakistan. Also attributive or as adj. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Indian > [noun] > other peoples of India > person Jat1622 Maratha1744 Moplah1787 Mleccha1793 Gurkha1811 Swati1815 Naga1835 Manipuri1837 Malayali1856 Ho1860 Mahsud1873 Adivasi1941 1815 M. Elphinstone Acct. Kingdom Caubul ii. xii. 319 The Swautees..appear to be of Indian origin... Swaut and Boonair, their last seats, were reduced by the Eusofzyes in the end of the fifteenth century. 1866 T. Seaton From Cadet to Colonel II. 202 Afreedees and Swatees, Affghans and Maguls. 1897 W. S. Churchill in Daily Tel. 7 Oct. 11/1 The Swatis, Bonerwals, Mohmands and other frontier tribes with whom the Malakand Field Force is at present engaged are brave and warlike. 1927 Rep. Admin. Border N.W.F.P. 1925–6 (Calcutta) 7 Extensive smuggling of charas into Peshawar which was known to be carried on by Swathi traders. 1955 Times 25 June 7/7 Swati politics are quite straight-forward. 1977 D. Murphy Where Indus is Young 10 That battered bus, full of Swatis on their way home. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1815 |
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