पठान (<small>[[पश्तो]]: {{Nastaliq|ur|پښتانه}}, पश्ताना</small>) (<small>[[उर्दू]]:{{Nastaliq|ur|پٹھان}}</small>) [[दक्षिण एसिया|दक्षिण एशिया]]मा बसनेबसोबास गर्ने एक लोक-जाति जनजाति (समुदाय) हो। यो मुख्यजातिको मूलथलो रूपमा [[अफगानिस्तान]]मा [[हिन्दु कुश पर्वत]] र [[पाकिस्तान]]मा [[सिन्धु नदी]]को छेउछाउको क्षेत्रमाक्षेत्र बसोबास गर्छन्।हो। तर अहिले यो समुदाय अफगानिस्तान, पाकिस्तान र [[भारत]]कोका अन्य धेरै क्षेत्रमा बसोबास गरेको पाइन्छ।<ref name="Hindi1">[http://books.google.com/books?id=-8YNAAAAIAAJ The Pathan Borderland], James William Spain, Mouton, ''... The most familiar name in the west is Pathan, a Hindi term adopted by the British, which is usally applied only to the people living east of the Durand ...''</ref><ref name="Brit-lib">[http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpregion/asia/afghanistan/afghanistancollection/afghansources/afghanglossary.html Afghanistan: Glossary], British Library, ''... Comes to mean 'Pathans' residing in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Divided into two main groups, the Abdalis (qv) and the Ghilzais (qv) ...''</ref>
