A "Pathan joke" is a derogatory joke that is typically centered around ethnic stereotypes about Pashtun people.[1] The word "Pathan" (as opposed to the endonym "Pakhtun") is a Hindi word[2][3][4] and it refers to Pashtuns or people who have Pashtun ancestry. Pathan jokes are controversial and are often considered racist, offensive or inappropriate by many in Pakistan and India.[5][6][7][8][9][10][excessive citations].
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- ^ Mehdi, Tahir (August 15, 2013). "The invisible partition of Sindh". DAWN.COM.
- ^ James William Spain (1963). The Pathan Borderland. Mouton. p. 40. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
The most familiar name in the west is Pathan, a Hindi term adopted by the British, which is usually applied only to the people living east of the Durand.
- ^ Pathan. World English Dictionary. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
Pathan (pəˈtɑːn) — n a member of the Pashto-speaking people of Afghanistan, Western Pakistan, and elsewhere, most of whom are Muslim in religion [C17: from Hindi]
- ^ von Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph (1985). Tribal populations and cultures of the Indian subcontinent. Handbuch der Orientalistik/2,7. Leiden: E. J. Brill. p. 126. ISBN 90-04-07120-2. OCLC 240120731. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ Mehdi, Tahir (16 August 2013). "The invisible partition of Sindh". Dawn. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
- ^ Paracha, Nadeem F. (29 November 2008). "SMOKERS' CORNER: Weed". Dawn. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
- ^ Naqvi, Jawed (9 September 2010). "Missing humour in religion". Dawn. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
- ^ Ahmed, Feroz (1998). Ethnicity And Politics In Pakistan. Oxford University Press. p. 285. ISBN 9780195779066.
- ^ Blackwood, William (1923). Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 214. p. 821.
Small talk about their neighbours and the latest very broad Pathan joke filled in the intervening minutes, and then the two friends attacked the food, of which the savour had been tickling their nostrils in almost too tempting a fashion.
- ^ Moazzam, Iram (19 March 2014). "So you think Pathan jokes are funny? Read this!". Express Tribune Blogs. Retrieved 19 March 2014.