افغانی

See also: أفغاني

Persian

Etymology

From افغان (afġān / afġân, “Afghan”) +‎ ـی (-ī / -i, suffix forming adjectives).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔaf.ɣaː.ˈniː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäf.ɣɑː.níː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäf.ɣɑː.níː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäf.ɣɑː.níː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäf.ɣɔː.ní]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæf.ɢɒː.níː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäf.ʁɔ.ní]

Readings
Classical reading?	afġānī
Dari reading?	afġānī
Iranian reading?	afġâni
Tajik reading?	afġoni

Adjective

افغانی • (afġānī / afġâni) (Tajik spelling афғонӣ)

1. Afghan

Inflection

Basic forms of افغانی

	singular	plural
bare	افغانی (Afġâní)	افغانی‌ها، افغانیا△ (Afġâni-hấ, Afġâniấ△)
definitive direct object	افغانی را، افغانی رو△ (Afġâní râ, Afġâní ro△)	افغانی‌ها را، افغانیا رو△ (Afġâni-hấ râ, Afġâniấ ro△)
ezâfe	افغانی (Afġâní-ye)	افغانی‌های، افغانیای△ (Afġâni-hấ-ye, Afġâniấ-ye△)
marked indefinite or relative definite	افغانی (Afġâní)	افغانی‌هایی، افغانیایی△ (Afġâni-hấ-yi, Afġâniấ-yi△)

^△ Colloquial.

Predicative forms of افغانی (afġâni)

	singular	plural
1st person (“I am, we are”)	افغانی‌ام (afġâni-am)	افغانی‌ایم (afġâni-im)
2nd person (“you are”)	افغانی‌ای (afġâni-i)	افغانی‌اید، افغانی‌این△ (afġâni-id, afġâni-in△)
3rd person (“he/she/it is, they are”)	افغانی است، افغانیه△ (afġâni ast, afġâni-e△)	افغانی‌اند، افغانی‌ان△ (afġâni-and, afġâni-an△)

^△ Colloquial.

Noun

افغانی • (afġānī / afġâni) (plural افغانی‌ها (afġānī-hā / afġâni-hâ), Tajik spelling афғонӣ)

1. afghani (unit of currency in Afghanistan)
2. (Iran, potentially derogatory) synonym of افغان (afġân, “Afghan (person from Afghanistan)”)
3. (archaic) synonym of پشتو (paštu, “Pashto (language)”)

Further reading

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “افغانی”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul