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Pakhtun vs Pathan - What's the difference?

pakhtun | pathan |

Pakhtun is likely misspelled.


Pakhtun has no English definition.

As a noun Pathan is

in India and Pakistan, a Pashtun; a member of the Pashto-speaking people of north-west Pakistan and south-east Afghanistan.

pakhtun

Not English

Pakhtun has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

pathan

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • In India and Pakistan, a Pashtun; a member of the Pashto-speaking people of north-west Pakistan and south-east Afghanistan.
  • * 1855 , Sir Richard Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah , Dover 1964, p. 44-5:
    • After long deliberation about the choice of nations, I became a “Pathán .”