Pathann.adj.

Brit.

/pəˈtɑːn/, U.S.

/pəˈtɑn/

Forms: 1600s Patanes (plural), 1600s Pattan, 1600s Potan, 1600s Puttan, 1600s–1700s Patan, 1700s Pitan, 1700s Pytan, 1800s Puthan, 1800s– Pathan.

Origin: A borrowing from Panjabi. Etymon: Panjabi Paṭhān.

Etymology: < Panjabi Paṭhān (and similar forms in neighbouring languages) < Pashto Pax̌tānə , plural of Pax̌tūn Pashtun n. and adj. Compare Portuguese Patan, Patane (16th cent.).

A. n.

In India and Pakistan: a member of a Pashto-speaking people inhabiting parts of south-east Afghanistan and north-west Pakistan. Cf. Pakhtun n., Pashtun n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Afghanistan and Turkestan > [noun]

Pathan1625

Hazara1801

Hindki1815

Tajik1815

Ghilzai1826

Zakka Khel1860

Pakhtun1880

1625 W. Hawkins in S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. iii. 209 Valiant Horsemen Pattans, a people very much feared.

1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 66 Most of the Pattans (or Puttans as some call them) in that skirmish were cut off, no quarter being given any but herself.

1793 Asiatick Researches 3 6 The principal inhabitants of the mountains, called Pársici,..seem to have been destroyed or expelled by the numerous tribes of Afgháns or Patans.

1851 H. B. Edwardes Year on Punjab Frontier I. 78 The people whom we geographically call Afghans, style themselves nationally Putháns.

1890 A. Conan Doyle Sign of Four xii. 273 A vile Pathan who had never missed a chance of insulting and injuring me.

1915 R. 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.

1990 Evangelicals Now June 4/2 He has Muslim ancestry from the Pathans of the North West frontier.

2010 N. Ayub & K. Jehn in J. Syed & M. F. Özbilgin Managing Cultural Diversity Asia vi. 116 The minority must conform and obey in order to survive in a job (for example, a Pathan in a Punjabi dominant work group).

B. adj. (attributive).

Of or relating to the Pathans or a Pathan.The term ‘Pathan empire’ (see quot. 1768) is a misnomer; there were only individual Afghan rulers of Delhi.

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the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Afghanistan and Turkestan > [adjective]

Pathan1625

Afghan1742

Rohilla1768

Kurdish1806

Kurd1810

Hindki1815

Mohmand1815

Chorasmian1816

Hazara1826

Kaffir1834

Afghani1838

Zakka Khel1860

Pakhtun1867

Powindah1880

Thamudite1881

Sart1898

Thamudaean1909

Tajik1911

Thamudic1937

1625 W. Finch in S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. iv. 426 Sixtie or seventie Theeves..assayled in a darke night one hundred and fiftie Potan soldiers.

1768 A. Dow tr. M. Firishtah Hist. Hindostan I. p. ix The history of the Patan empire in Hindostan.

1787 C. Hamilton Hist. Relation Rohilla Afgans 53 The tribe of Afgans denominated Rohees, or Rohillas, (so termed from Roh, which in the Pâtan dialect signifies a mountainous country.)

1896 H. D. Rawnsley Ballads of Brave Deeds 21 They heard the yelp of the Pathan pack,——Tribesmen in triumph a thousand strong.

1903 Strand Mag. May 530/1 A swarthy Pathan face grinned wickedly over a rubble heap.

1993 N.Y. Times 17 Jan. i8/3 Other guerrilla leaders..also fight under the flag of Pathan nationalism.

2005 C. C. Fair Urban Battle Fields S. Asia iv. 116 The twin phenomena of increasing sectarianism and Pathan migration (mostly from the Northwest Frontier Province) to Karachi.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pathan
释义	Pathann.adj. Brit. /pəˈtɑːn/, U.S. /pəˈtɑn/ Forms: 1600s Patanes (plural), 1600s Pattan, 1600s Potan, 1600s Puttan, 1600s–1700s Patan, 1700s Pitan, 1700s Pytan, 1800s Puthan, 1800s– Pathan. Origin: A borrowing from Panjabi. Etymon: Panjabi Paṭhān. Etymology: < Panjabi Paṭhān (and similar forms in neighbouring languages) < Pashto Pax̌tānə , plural of Pax̌tūn Pashtun n. and adj. Compare Portuguese Patan, Patane (16th cent.). A. n. In India and Pakistan: a member of a Pashto-speaking people inhabiting parts of south-east Afghanistan and north-west Pakistan. Cf. Pakhtun n., Pashtun n. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Afghanistan and Turkestan > [noun] Pathan1625 Hazara1801 Hindki1815 Tajik1815 Ghilzai1826 Zakka Khel1860 Pakhtun1880 1625 W. Hawkins in S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. iii. 209 Valiant Horsemen Pattans, a people very much feared. 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 66 Most of the Pattans (or Puttans as some call them) in that skirmish were cut off, no quarter being given any but herself. 1793 Asiatick Researches 3 6 The principal inhabitants of the mountains, called Pársici,..seem to have been destroyed or expelled by the numerous tribes of Afgháns or Patans. 1851 H. B. Edwardes Year on Punjab Frontier I. 78 The people whom we geographically call Afghans, style themselves nationally Putháns. 1890 A. Conan Doyle Sign of Four xii. 273 A vile Pathan who had never missed a chance of insulting and injuring me. 1915 R. 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. 1990 Evangelicals Now June 4/2 He has Muslim ancestry from the Pathans of the North West frontier. 2010 N. Ayub & K. Jehn in J. Syed & M. F. Özbilgin Managing Cultural Diversity Asia vi. 116 The minority must conform and obey in order to survive in a job (for example, a Pathan in a Punjabi dominant work group). B. adj. (attributive). Of or relating to the Pathans or a Pathan.The term ‘Pathan empire’ (see quot. 1768) is a misnomer; there were only individual Afghan rulers of Delhi. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Afghanistan and Turkestan > [adjective] Pathan1625 Afghan1742 Rohilla1768 Kurdish1806 Kurd1810 Hindki1815 Mohmand1815 Chorasmian1816 Hazara1826 Kaffir1834 Afghani1838 Zakka Khel1860 Pakhtun1867 Powindah1880 Thamudite1881 Sart1898 Thamudaean1909 Tajik1911 Thamudic1937 1625 W. Finch in S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. iv. 426 Sixtie or seventie Theeves..assayled in a darke night one hundred and fiftie Potan soldiers. 1768 A. Dow tr. M. Firishtah Hist. Hindostan I. p. ix The history of the Patan empire in Hindostan. 1787 C. Hamilton Hist. Relation Rohilla Afgans 53 The tribe of Afgans denominated Rohees, or Rohillas, (so termed from Roh, which in the Pâtan dialect signifies a mountainous country.) 1896 H. D. Rawnsley Ballads of Brave Deeds 21 They heard the yelp of the Pathan pack,——Tribesmen in triumph a thousand strong. 1903 Strand Mag. May 530/1 A swarthy Pathan face grinned wickedly over a rubble heap. 1993 N.Y. Times 17 Jan. i8/3 Other guerrilla leaders..also fight under the flag of Pathan nationalism. 2005 C. C. Fair Urban Battle Fields S. Asia iv. 116 The twin phenomena of increasing sectarianism and Pathan migration (mostly from the Northwest Frontier Province) to Karachi. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1625
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