Meaning of Pathan | Babel Free

Definitions

Synonym of Pashtun; a member of the Pashto-speaking people of today’s north-west Pakistan and south-east Afghanistan.

British, India, South-Asia

Equivalents

Examples

“After long deliberation about the choice of nations, I became a “Pathán.””

“The 57-mile line from Jesselton to Beaufort was a more substantial undertaking than that from Weston, and a contract was given to the firm of George Pauling & Company, which brought many Pathans, veterans of railway building in India, to tackle the job.”

CEFR level