Ghazni

English

Alternative forms

• Ghazna, Ghuznee

Etymology

From Pashto and Persian غزنی (Ğazni). Compare Old Median *ganǰam (“treasure”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Proper noun

Ghazni

1. A city in eastern Afghanistan, the former capital of the Ghaznavid Empire.
   • 2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 107:

     Tariq had told her that his parents were taking him south, to the city of Ghazni, to visit his paternal uncle.

2. A province in eastern Afghanistan around the city.

Synonyms

• Alexandria, Alexandria in Opiana, Alexandria Opiana, Jaguda, Ghaznain (historical)

Related terms

• Ghaznavid

 

Translations

city in Afghanistan

• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: Αλεξάνδρεια (Alexándreia), Αλεξάνδρεια Ωπιανή (Alexándreia Ōpianḗ)

• Hindi: ग़ज़नी m (ġaznī), गजनी (hi) m (gajnī)
• Latin: Alexandria, Alexandria in Opiana
• Pashto: غزني (ps)
• Persian: غزنی (Ğazni)
• Polish: Ghazni (pl)

province of Afghanistan

• Hindi: ग़ज़नी m (ġaznī), गजनी (hi) m (gajnī)
• Persian: غزنی (Ğazni)
• Polish: Ghazni (pl)

Anagrams

• Zanghi, hazing