afgan

See also: Afgan and afgán

Indonesian

Etymology

From the name of singer Afgansyah Reza. Sense sadistic come from Afgan's single titled 'Sadis'.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [afɡan]
• Hyphenation: af‧gan

Adjective

afgan (comparative lebih afgan, superlative paling afgan)

1. (slang) sadistic; cruel

   Synonyms: kejam, sadis, sadistis

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French afghan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [afɡɑ̃]

Noun

afgan

1. any of the languages native to Afghanistan.

Adjective

afgan

1. Afghan

Related terms

• Afgan
• Afganistan

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French Afghan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [afˈɡan]

Adjective

afgan m or n (feminine singular afgană, masculine plural afgani, feminine/neuter plural afgane)

1. Afghan

Declension

Declension of afgan

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	afgan		afgană	afgani	afgane
	definite	afganul		afgana	afganii	afganele
genitive- dative	indefinite	afgan		afgane	afgani	afgane
	definite	afganului		afganei	afganilor	afganelor

Noun

afgan m (plural afgani, feminine equivalent afgană)

1. Afghan man

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	afgan	afganul	afgani	afganii
genitive-dative	afgan	afganului	afgani	afganilor
vocative	afganule		afganilor

Tashelhit

سين يفڭنان، يان واوتم د يات توْتمت. (sin ifgnan, ya wawtm d yat twtmt, “two human beings, a male and a female”)

Alternative forms

• anguf — poetic

Etymology

Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit ‎اڢْچَنْ (afgan, “slave, captive”), from Proto-Berber. Cognate with Nefusa ڢُجْنُتَنْ (fuǧnuten, “the worshipers, the pious”).

The semantic development from "slave" to "human" is likely shaped by the Islamic theological concept of human servitude to God. A parallel development is seen in Hindustani بَنْدَہ / बंदा (bandā).

Noun

afgan m (plural ifgnan, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴼⴳⴰⵏ, Arabic spelling آفڭان)

1. human being

   Synonyms: amxluq, bnadm

   • 17th century , A translaltion of Surah al-fātiḥa by Muħammad Ben Saʔid Al Meriɣiti Al-Susi Al-Murrakuši:

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     Tulɣitin i ugllid mqqurn, bab n ifgnan, win tluɣiwin, agllid n wass n tikkiwin, kiyyin a mu nskar f tssumga, kiyyin as nra ad anɣ tawst, aẓimẓ anɣ i uɣaras inmn, aɣaras n willi mu tfkit, urd willi f tmɛaqqart, ula d willi uckanin.

     "Praise be to God, Lord of the Universe (Creation),The Compassionate, the Merciful, Sovereign of the Day of Judgement! You alone we worship, and to You alone we turn for help. Guide us to the straight path, The path of those whom You have favoured, Not of those who have incurred Your wrath, Nor of those who have gone astray."

   آفڭان اد ڭيغ ― afgan ad giɣ. ― I am a human being.

2. (collective) humans, mankind

   Synonyms: middn, bnadm

   آكال ور يڭي ن وفڭان، آفڭان ا يڭان وينّس

   akal ur igi n ufgan, afgan a ygan win-nns

   The land does not belong to humans, it is the humans who belong to the land.

Inflection

Inflection of afgan

	singular	plural
free state	afgan	ifganen, ifgnan
annexed state	ufgan	ifganen, ifgnan

Descendants

• → Kabyle: afgan (“human”)
• → Moroccan Amazigh: ⴰⴼⴳⴰⵏ (afgan, “human”)

See also

• afrux (“boy”)
• amuddr (“animal”)
• argaz (“man”)
• tamɣart, tamṭṭut (“woman”)

References

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 1 a—e (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/1) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 93b