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Pa⋅than

  [puh-tahn, puht-hahn]
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–noun
1. Afghan (def. 1).
2. an Afghan dwelling in India.
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Pa·than   (pə-tän')   
n.  A member of a Pashto-speaking people of eastern Afghanistan and northwest Pakistan, constituting the majority population of Afghanistan.

[Hindi Paṭhān, from Pashto Pəštana, pl. of Pəštūn, an Afghan, from pašto, Pashto.]
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