افاغنه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From pseudo-Arabic *أَفَاغِنَة. Compare truly attested Arabic plurals such as سَلَاجِقَة (salājiqa) (whence Ottoman Turkish سلاجقه (Selâcıka)).

Noun

افاغنه • (Efâgıne)

1. plural of افغان (Efgân)

Descendants

• Turkish: Efagıne

See also

• ارامنه (Erâmine)
• تراكمه (Terâkime)

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “افاغنه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 153

Persian

Etymology

From pseudo-Arabic *أَفَاغِنَة. Compare truly attested Arabic plurals such as سَلَاجِقَة (salājiqa) (whence Persian سلاجقه (salâjeqe)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔa.fɑː.ɣi.ˈna]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.fɑː.ɣɪ.nǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.fɑː.ɣɪ.nǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.fɑː.ɣɪ.nǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.fɔː.ɣi.nǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæ.fɒː.ɢe.né]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.fɔ.ʁi.nǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	afāğina
Dari reading?	afāğina
Iranian reading?	afâğene
Tajik reading?	afoġina

Noun

Dari	افاغنه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	афоғина

افاغنه • (afâğene)

1. plural of افغان (afğân)

See also

• ارامنه (arâmene)
• تراکمه (tarâkeme)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “افاغنه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim