Afghan

See also: afghan

English

Afghan hound

Etymology

From Persian افغان (afğân, “Afghan”) via Prakrit, from Sanskrit अवगाण (avagāṇa, “Afghan”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæfˌɡæn/

Noun

Afghan (plural Afghans)

1. A person from Afghanistan or of Afghan descent.
2. A person of Pashtun ethnicity or of Pashtun descent.
3. Synonym of Afghan Hound.

Derived terms

• Afghanization, Afghanisation

Related terms

• Afghani, afghani

Translations

person from Afghanistan

• Arabic: أَفْغَانِيّ (ʔafḡāniyy), أَفْغَانِيَّة f (ʔafḡāniyya)
• Armenian: աֆղան (afġan)
• Basque: afganistandar
• Catalan: afganès (ca) m, afganesa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿富汗人 (zh) (Āfùhànrén)

• Czech: Afghánec (cs) m, Afgánec m
• Danish: afghaner (da) c
• Dutch: Afghaan (nl) m, Afghaanse (nl) f
• Esperanto: afgano
• Finnish: afganistanilainen (fi); afgaani (fi) (incorrectly)
• French: Afghan (fr) m
• Galician: afgán (gl) m
• Georgian: ავღანელი (avɣaneli)

  Old Georgian: ავღანი (avɣani)

• German: Afghane (de) m, Afghanin (de) f
• Greek: Αφγανός (el) m (Afganós), Αφγανή f (Afganí)
• Hindi: अफगान (hi) m (aphgān), अफगानी (hi) (aphgānī)
• Hungarian: afgán (hu)
• Icelandic: Afgani m, Afganar m pl
• Interlingua: afghano
• Irish: Afganastánach m
• Italian: afghano (it)
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• Japanese: アフガニスタン人 (Afuganisutan-jin)
• Latvian: afgānis m, afgāniete f
• Lithuanian: afganistanietis (lt) m, afganistanietė (lt) f
• Maltese: Afgan m, Afgana f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: afghaner (no) m

  Nynorsk: afghanar (nn) m

• Persian: افغان (fa) (afğân), افغانی (fa) (afğâni)
• Polish: Afgańczyk (pl) m pers, Afganka (pl) f
• Portuguese: afegão (pt) m
• Romanian: afgan (ro) m, afgană (ro) f
• Russian: афга́нец (ru) m (afgánec), афга́нка (ru) f (afgánka)
• Sanskrit: अवगाण (sa) m (avagāṇa)
• Serbo-Croatian: Àfgan m, Àfgānka f, Afganistánac (sh) m, Afganìstānka f
• Slovak: Afganec (sk) m, Afganka (sk) f
• Spanish: afgano (es) m, afgana (es) f
• Swahili: Mwafugani (sw)
• Swedish: afghan (sv), afghanska (sv) f
• Tagalog: Apgano
• Thai: ชาวอาฟกัน (chao afkan)
• Turkish: Afgan (tr)

person of Pashtun ethnicity

• Arabic: أَفْغَانِيّ m (ʔafḡāniyy), أَفْغَانِيَّة f (ʔafḡāniyya), (archaic) قَنْدِيّ m (qandiyy), (archaic) قَنْدِيَّة f (qandiyya)
• Finnish: pataani (fi), afgaani (fi)
• Hindi: अफगान (hi) m (aphgān), पठान (hi) m (paṭhān)
• Latvian: afgānis m, afgāniete f, puštuns m
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• Persian: افغان (fa) (afğân)
• Sanskrit: अवगाण (sa) m (avagāṇa)
• Serbo-Croatian: Àfgan m, Àfgānka f, Afganistánac (sh) m, Afganìstānka f

Afghan hound

• Danish: afghaner (da) c
• Finnish: afgaaninvinttikoira (fi); afgaani (fi) (informal)
• German: Afghane (de) m
• Malay: anjing pemburu Afghan
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: afghaner (no) m

  Nynorsk: afghanar (nn) m

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• Romanian: afgan (ro) m
• Russian: афга́нская борза́я (ru) f (afgánskaja borzája)

Proper noun

Afghan

1. Pashto, a language primarily spoken by Pashtun people in Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan.
2. (UK, military slang) Clipping of Afghanistan.

   He will be in Afghan for another six months.

Synonyms

• Pashtun
• Pashto

Translations

Pashto language

• Armenian: աֆղաներեն (hy) (afġaneren)
• Dutch: Afghaans (nl)
• Finnish: paštu (fi), afgaani (fi)
• German: Afghanisch
• Greek: αφγανιστανός (afganistanós)
• Hungarian: afgán (hu)
• Interlingua: afghano
• Italian: afghano (it) m
• Japanese: アフガニスタン語 (afuganisutango)
• Latvian: afgāņu valoda f, afgāņu, puštunu valoda f, puštunu, puštu
• Lithuanian: afganistaniečių pl
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• Maltese: L-Afgan
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: afghansk (no) m

  Nynorsk: afghansk (nn) m

• Persian: افغانی (fa) (afğâni)
• Portuguese: afegão (pt)
• Romanian: afgană (ro) f
• Russian: афга́нский (ru) (afgánskij)
• Swedish: afghanska (sv)
• Turkish: Peştuca (tr), Afganca

Adjective

Afghan (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Afghanistan.
2. Of, from, or pertaining to the Pashtun ethnic community.

Derived terms

• Afghanness

Translations

pertaining to Afghanistan

• Armenian: աֆղանական (hy) (afġanakan)
• Basque: afganistandar
• Catalan: afganès (ca)
• Czech: afgánský m, afghánský (cs) m
• Dutch: Afghaans (nl)
• Faroese: afganskur
• Finnish: afganistanilainen (fi)
• French: afghan (fr)
• Georgian: ავღანური (ka) (avɣanuri)
• German: afghanisch (de)
• Greek: αφγανικός (el) (afganikós)
• Hindi: अफगानी (hi) (aphgānī)
• Hungarian: afgán (hu), afganisztáni (hu)
• Interlingua: afghan
• Irish: Afganastánach
• Italian: afghano (it) m, afghana (it) f
• Japanese: アフガニスタンの (ja) (afuganisutan no)
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• Latin: afghanicus
• Latvian: afgāņu, afgānisks
• Lithuanian: afganištanietiškas m, afganistanietiška f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: afghansk (no)

  Nynorsk: afghansk (nn)

• Polish: afgański (pl)
• Portuguese: afegão (pt)
• Romanian: afgan (ro)
• Russian: афга́нский (ru) (afgánskij)
• Slovak: afganský (sk)
• Spanish: afgano (es)
• Swedish: afghansk (sv)
• Turkish: Afgan (tr)
• Ukrainian: афга́нський (uk) m (afhánsʹkyj)

pertaining to Pashtun

• Finnish: pataani-, afgaani-
• Latvian: puštunu, afgāņu, afgānisks
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• Romanian: afgan (ro)

See also

• Appendix:Countries of the world

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /af.ɡɑ̃/

Adjective

Afghan m (plural Afghans, feminine Afghane)

1. Afghan (person from Afghanistan)

Further reading

• “Afghan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.