Difference between Pashtun and Pathan
What is the difference between Pashtun and Pathan?
Pashtun as a proper noun is a member of a pashto-speaking ethnic people from the border regions of afghanistan and western pakistan while Pathan as a noun is in india and pakistan, a pashtun; a member of the pashto-speaking people of south-east afghanistan.
Pashtun
Part of speech: proper noun
Definition: A member of a Pashto-speaking ethnic people from the border regions of Afghanistan and western Pakistan
A member of a Pashtun tribe
Pathan
Part of speech: noun
Definition: In India and Pakistan, a Pashtun; a member of the Pashto-speaking people of south-east Afghanistan.
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