pathan
/pəˈtɑːn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.34 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Synonym of Pashtun; a member of the Pashto-speaking people of today’s north-west Pakistan and south-east Afghanistan.
Indian usage
Example Sentences
- "After long deliberation about the choice of nations, I became a “Pathán.”"
- "The 57-mile line from Jesselton to Beaufort was a more substantial undertaking than that from Weston, and a contract was given to the firm of George Pauling & Company, which brought many Pathans, veterans of railway building in India, to tackle the job."