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Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀧𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀦 (*paṭṭhāna), from earlier *𑀧𑀱𑁆𑀝𑀸𑀦 (*paṣṭāna), a borrowing from Old Iranian. Compare Pashto پښتانه.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
پَٹھاݨ • (paṭhāṇ) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਪਠਾਣ)
- Pashtun, Pathan
- (historical) Afghan
Adjective
پَٹھاݨ • (paṭhāṇ) (indeclinable, Gurmukhi spelling ਪਠਾਣ)
- 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.[1] Compare Pashto پښتانه.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
پَٹھان • (paṭhān) m (Hindi spelling पठान)
- Pashtun, Pathan
- (historical) Afghan, Kabuli
Noun
پَٹھان • (paṭhān) m (Hindi spelling पठान)
- (figuratively) soldier, warrior, fighter
Declension
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plural
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پَٹھان (paṭhān)
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پَٹھان (paṭhān)
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پَٹھان (paṭhān)
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پَٹھانوں (paṭhānõ)
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| vocative
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پَٹھان (paṭhān)
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پَٹھانو (paṭhāno)
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References
Further reading
More information
- “پٹھان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , 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, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 379