Afganistāna
See also: Afganistānā
Latvian
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Etymology
[edit]Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Persian افغان (afġân, “Afghan”) or from Arabic اَفْغَان (afḡān, “Afghan”), and Persian ـستان (-estân), a common ending for country names. In Latvian, the word was made into a feminine, 4th-declension noun, following the general pattern for country names.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
[edit]Afganistāna f (4th declension)
- Afghanistan (a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)
- Synonym: Afganistānas Islāma Republika
- Afganistānas karogs ― the flag of Afghanistan
- Afganistāna ir valsts Centrālāzijas dienvidos ― Afghanistan is a country in the south of Central Asia
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Afganistāna | — |
| genitive | Afganistānas | — |
| dative | Afganistānai | — |
| accusative | Afganistānu | — |
| instrumental | Afganistānu | — |
| locative | Afganistānā | — |
| vocative | Afganistāna | — |