pathan

Other forms of pathan

plural

pathans·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pathan

What does pathan mean?

pathan means "a member of the mountain people living in the eastern regions of Afghanistan". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pathan?

pathan has 2 syllables: pat-han. The stress falls on "pat". In IPA it is /ˈpæθən/.

What is another word for pathan?

Close synonyms include Pashtun, Pushtun, Pashtoon, Pashtun. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pathan a common word?

pathan is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.