Afganistan

See also: Afganistán, Afgánistán, and Afganistàn

Basque

Proper noun

Afganistan

1. Afghanistan

Declension

(animate proper noun) declension of Afganistan indefinite absolutive Afganistan ergative Afganistanek dative Afganistani genitive Afganistanen comitative Afganistanekin causative Afganistanentzat benefactive Afganistanengatik instrumental Afganistanez inessive Afganistanen locative Afganistaneko allative Afganistanera terminative Afganistaneraino directive Afganistanerantz destinative Afganistanerako ablative Afganistanetik partitive Afganistanik prolative Afganistantzat

Related terms

• afganistandar

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əv.ɡə.nisˈtan/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /av.ɡa.nisˈtan/

Proper noun

Afganistan m

1. Afghanistan

Related terms

• afganès

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Estonian

Proper noun

Afganistan

1. Afghanistan

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Faroese

Etymology

From Persian افغان‎ (Afğān, “Afghan”) or Arabic اَفْغَان‎ (afḡān, “Afghan”) + Persian ستان‎ (-stân, “place of”).

Proper noun

Afganistan

1. Afghanistan (country)

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Afganistan
Accusative	Afganistan
Dative	Afganistan/Afganistani
Genitive	Afganistans

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Finnish

Proper noun

Afganistan

1. Afghanistan.

Declension

Inflection of Afganistan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Afganistan	—
genitive		Afganistanin	—
partitive		Afganistania	—
illative		Afganistaniin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Afganistan	—
accusative	nom.	Afganistan	—
	gen.	Afganistanin
genitive		Afganistanin	—
partitive		Afganistania	—
inessive		Afganistanissa	—
elative		Afganistanista	—
illative		Afganistaniin	—
adessive		Afganistanilla	—
ablative		Afganistanilta	—
allative		Afganistanille	—
essive		Afganistanina	—
translative		Afganistaniksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Afganistanitta	—
comitative		—	—

Derived terms

• adjectives: afganistanilainen

Related terms

• afgaani

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈav.ka(ː)nɪ(ˌ)staːn/
• Rhymes: -aːn

Proper noun

Afganistan n

1. Afghanistan (country)

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Ido

Proper noun

Afganistan

1. Afghanistan

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Italian

Proper noun

Afganistan m

1. Alternative spelling of Afghanistan

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /av.ɡaˈɲi.stan/

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Proper noun

Afganistan m

1. Afghanistan

Declension

declension of Afganistan

	singular	plural
nominative	Afganistan	Afganistany
genitive	Afganistanu	Afganistanów
dative	Afganistanowi	Afganistanom
accusative	Afganistan	Afganistany
instrumental	Afganistanem	Afganistanami
locative	Afganistanie	Afganistanach
vocative	Afganistanie	Afganistany

Derived terms

• Afgan m, Afgańczyk m, Afganka f
• adjective: afgański (of the nation or country), afganistański (of the country)

Further reading

• Afganistan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Romanian

Proper noun

Afganistan n

1. Afghanistan

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Serbia): Avganìstān

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /afɡanǐstaːn/, [av-]
• Hyphenation: Af‧ga‧nis‧tan

Proper noun

Afganìstān m (Cyrillic spelling Афганѝста̄н)

1. (Bosnia, Croatia) Afghanistan

Declension

Declension of Afganistan

	singular
nominative	Afganìstān
genitive	Afganistána
dative	Afganistanu
accusative	Afganistan
vocative	Afganistanu
locative	Afganistanu
instrumental	Afganistanom

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /afˈɡáːnistan/, [av-]
• Tonal orthography: afgȃnistan

Proper noun

Afgánistan m inan (genitive Afgánistana)

1. Afghanistan

Declension

Declension of Afgánistan (masculine inan., hard o-stem)

	singular
nominative	Afgánistan
accusative	Afgánistan
genitive	Afgánistana
dative	Afgánistanu
locative	Afgánistanu
instrumental	Afgánistanom

Related terms

• Afgánistanec / Afgánistanka
• afgánistanski

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Tatar

Proper noun

Afganistan

1. Afghanistan

Declension

    declension of Afganistan

Nominative	Afganistan
Genitive	Afganistannıñ
Dative	Afganistanga
Accusative	Afganistannı
Locative	Afganistanda
Ablative	Afganistandan

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Turkish

Proper noun

Afganistan

1. Afghanistan

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Turkmen

Proper noun

Afganistan

1. Afghanistan