Associations to the word «Pathan»

Wiktionary

PATHAN, noun. (derogatory) In India and Pakistan, a Pashtun; a member of the Pashto-speaking people of north-west Pakistan and south-east Afghanistan.

Dictionary definition

PATHAN, noun. A member of the mountain people living in the eastern regions of Afghanistan; "Pathans are the predominant ethnic group in Afghanistan".
PATHAN, noun. An ethnic minority speaking Pashto and living in northwestern Pakistan and southeastern Afghanistan.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats