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Swati|ˈswɒtɪ|
Also † Swa(u)tee, Swathi.
[f. Swat n.3 + -i.]
A member of a people inhabiting the district of Swat in Pakistan. Also attrib. or as adj.
1815M. Elphinstone Acct. Kingdom of 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. 1866T. Seaton From Cadet to Colonel II. 202 Afreedees and Swatees, Affghans and Maguls. 1897W. 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. 1927Rep. Admin. Border N.W.F.P. 1925–26 (Calcutta) 7 Extensive smuggling of charas into Peshawar which was known to be carried on by Swathi traders. 1955Times 25 June 7/7 Swati politics are quite straight-forward. 1977D. Murphy Where Indus is Young 10 That battered bus, full of Swatis on their way home. |