This is the 215th most frequent Marathi word.
पथक
Team or group.
Here, 'पथक' refers to a team or group of individuals organized for a specific purpose, in this case, playing a game.
खेळासाठी एक कार्यक्षम पथक तयार केले गेले.
An efficient team was formed for the game.
In this context, 'पथक' describes a group of professionals, engineers in particular, working on a specific task.
गावात रस्ता दुरुस्त करण्यासाठी अभियंत्यांचे पथक आले आहे.
A team of engineers has arrived in the village to repair the road.
Here, 'पथक' is used to denote a group of students organized for collaborative study.