پٹھان

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀧𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀦 (*paṭṭhāna), from earlier *𑀧𑀱𑁆𑀝𑀸𑀦 (*paṣṭāna), a borrowing from Old Iranian. Compare Pashto پښتانه.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /pə.ʈʰäːɳə̆/

• Audio (Pakistan):

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• Rhymes: -äːɳ

Proper noun

پَٹھاݨ • (paṭhāṇ) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਪਠਾਣ)

1. Pashtun, Pathan
2. (historical) Afghan

Adjective

پَٹھاݨ • (paṭhāṇ) (indeclinable, Gurmukhi spelling ਪਠਾਣ)

1. warrior; fighter

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “پٹھان”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “پٹھان”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਪਠਾਣ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “paṣṭāna”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 452

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀧𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀦 (*paṭṭhāna), from earlier *𑀧𑀱𑁆𑀝𑀸𑀦 (*paṣṭāna), a borrowing from Old Iranian. Compare Pashto پښتانه.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /pə.ʈʰɑːn/

• Audio (Pakistan):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːn
• Hyphenation: پَ‧ٹھان

Proper noun

پَٹھان • (paṭhān) m (Hindi spelling पठान)

1. Pashtun, Pathan
2. (historical) Afghan, Kabuli

Noun

پَٹھان • (paṭhān) m (Hindi spelling पठान)

1. (figuratively) soldier, warrior, fighter

Declension

Declension of پٹھان
	singular	plural
direct	پَٹھان (paṭhān)	پَٹھان (paṭhān)
oblique	پَٹھان (paṭhān)	پَٹھانوں (paṭhānõ)
vocative	پَٹھان (paṭhān)	پَٹھانو (paṭhāno)

Further reading

More information

• “پٹھان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• “پٹھان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “پٹهان”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 150
• Platts, John T. (1884) “پٿهان”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 228
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “پتَهان”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 341
• John Shakespear (1834) “پٿهان”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 379