Democratic Republic of Afghanistan

English

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Proper noun

the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan

2. (historical) Former official name of Afghanistan: a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia; used from 1978 to 1987 when it was a one party Marxist-Leninist state; officially known as the Republic of Afghanistan from 1987 to 1992, but under the same government.

   Synonyms: Afghan Democratic Republic, DRA, Republic of Afghanistan, Soviet Afghanistan

   Hypernym: Afghanistan

Translations

Former official name of Afghanistan as a Marxist-Leninist state

• Armenian: Աֆղանստանի Դեմոկրատական Հանրապետություն (Afġanstani Demokratakan Hanrapetutʻyun)
• Azerbaijani: Əfqanıstan Demokratik Respublikası

  Cyrillic: Әфганыстан Демократик Республикасы

• Belarusian: Дэмакраты́чная Рэспу́бліка Афганіста́н f (Demakratýčnaja Respúblika Afhanistán)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿富汗民主共和國 / 阿富汗民主共和国 (Āfùhàn mínzhǔ gònghéguó)

• Estonian: Afganistani Demokraatlik Vabariik
• Georgian: ავღანეთის დემოკრატიული რესპუბლიკა (avɣanetis demoḳraṭiuli resṗubliḳa)
• Kazakh: Ауғанстан Демократиялық Республикасы (Auğanstan Demokratiälyq Respublikasy)
• Kyrgyz: Афганистан Демократиялык Республикасы (Afganistan Demokratiyalık Respublikası)
• Latvian: Afganistānas Demokrātiskā Republika f
• Lithuanian: Afganistano Demokratinė Respublika f
• Pashto: د افغانستان ډموکراتيک جمهوريت
• Persian:

  Dari: جُمْهُورِیِ دِموکْرَاتِیکِ اَفْغَانِسْتَان (jumhūrī-yi dimōkrātīk-i afġānistān)

  Iranian Persian: جمهوری دموکراتیک افغانستان (jomhuri-ye demokrâtik-e afġânestân)

• Romanian: Republica Democratică Afganistan f

  Cyrillic: Република Демократикэ Афганистан f (Republica Democratică Afganistan)

• Russian: Демократи́ческая Респу́блика Афганиста́н f (Demokratíčeskaja Respúblika Afganistán)
• Spanish: República Democrática de Afganistán f
• Tajik: Ҷумҳурии Демократии Афғонистон (Jumhuri-yi Demokrati-yi Afġoniston)
• Thai: สาธารณรัฐประชาธิปไตยอัฟกานิสถาน
• Turkish: Afganistan Demokratik Cumhuriyeti
• Turkmen: Owganystan Demokratik Respublikasy

  Cyrillic: Овганыстан Демократик Республикасы

• Ukrainian: Демократи́чна Респу́бліка Афганіста́н f (Demokratýčna Respúblika Afhanistán)
• Urdu: جمہوری جمہوریہ افغانستان f (jamhūrī jamhūrīya afġānistān)
• Uzbek: Afgʻoniston Demokratik Respublikasi

  Cyrillic: Афғонистон Демократик Республикаси (Afgʻoniston Demokratik Respublikasi)