Afganistan

See also: Afganistán, Afgánistán, and Afganistàn

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Afganistán (“Afghanistan”), ultimately from Persian افغان‎ (afğân, “Afghan”) or Arabic أَفْغَان‎ (ʾafḡān, “Afghan”) + Persian ـستان‎ (-stân, “place of”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /afɡanis̺tan/, [af.ɣ̞a.nis̺.t̪ãn]

Proper noun

Afganistan inan

1. Afghanistan (a country in Asia)

Declension

Declension of Afganistan (inanimate, ending in consonant)
	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	Afganistan	—	—
ergative	Afganistanek	—	—
dative	Afganistani	—	—
genitive	Afganistanen	—	—
comitative	Afganistanekin	—	—
causative	Afganistanengatik	—	—
benefactive	Afganistanentzat	—	—
instrumental	Afganistanez	—	—
inessive	Afganistanen	—	—
locative	Afganistango	—	—
allative	Afganistanera	—	—
terminative	Afganistaneraino	—	—
directive	Afganistanerantz	—	—
destinative	Afganistanerako	—	—
ablative	Afganistandik	—	—
partitive	Afganistanik	—	—
prolative	Afganistantzat	—	—

Derived terms

• afganistandar

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Catalan

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Valencian)

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Proper noun

Afganistan m

1. Afghanistan (a country in Asia)

Related terms

• afganès

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Central Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Afganistán.

Proper noun

Afganistan

1. Afghanistan (a country in Asia)

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Estonian

Proper noun

Afganistan

1. Afghanistan (a country in Asia)

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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 (a country in Asia)

Declension

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

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Finnish

Proper noun

Afganistan

1. Afghanistan (a country in Asia)

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		—	—

Possessive forms of Afganistan (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Afganistanini	Afganistanimme
2nd person	Afganistanisi	Afganistaninne
3rd person	Afganistaninsa

Derived terms

• afganistanilainen

Related terms

• afgaani

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Gagauz

Proper noun

Afganistan

1. Afghanistan (a country in Asia)

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Afganistan n

1. Afghanistan (a country in Asia)

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Ido

Proper noun

Afganistan

1. Afghanistan (a country in Asia)

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch Afghanistan, from Persian افغان‎ (afğān, “Afghan”) or Arabic أَفْغَان‎ (ʾafḡān, “Afghan”) + Persian ـستان‎ (-stân, “place of”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [afɡaˈnɪstan]
• Hyphenation: Af‧ga‧nis‧tan

Proper noun

Afganistan

1. A landlocked country between Central and South Asia. Official name: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

See also

• (countries of Asia) negara-negara di Asia; Afganistan, Arab Saudi, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Filipina, India, Indonesia, Irak, Iran, Israel, Jepang, Kamboja, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Korea Selatan, Korea Utara, Kuwait, Laos, Libanon, Maladewa, Malaysia, Mesir, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Rusia, Singapura, Siprus, Sri Lanka, Suriah, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor Leste, Tiongkok, Turki, Turkmenistan, Uni Emirat Arab, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yaman, Yordania

Further reading

• “Afganistan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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Italian

Proper noun

Afganistan m

1. Alternative spelling of Afghanistan

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Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French Afghanistan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [afɡanistɑ̃]

Proper noun

Afganistan

1. Afghanistan (a country in Asia)

Related terms

• Afgan

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Occitan

Proper noun

Afganistan m

1. Afghanistan (a country in Asia)

Related terms

• afgan

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /av.ɡaˈɲis.tan/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -istan
• Syllabification: Af‧ga‧nis‧tan

Proper noun

Afganistan m

1. Afghanistan (a country in Asia)

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

nouns

• Afgan
• Afgańczyk
• Afganka

 

adjectives

• afgański
• afganistański

 

Further reading

• Afganistan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Afganistan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Afganistan n

1. Afghanistan (a country in Asia)

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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 (a country in Asia)

Declension

Declension of Afganistan

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

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈafɡanistan]

Proper noun

Afganistan m (genitive singular Afganistanu, declension pattern of dub)

1. Afghanistan (a country in Asia)

References

• Afganistan in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʋɡáːnistan/

Proper noun

Afgȃnistan m inan

1. Afghanistan (a country in Asia)

Inflection

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative	Afgánistan
genitive	Afgánistana
	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. Latin spelling of Афганистан (Afganistan)

Declension

    declension of Afganistan

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

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish افغانستان‎ (Afganistan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /af.ɡɑ.nis.tan/

Proper noun

Afganistan

1. Afghanistan (a country in Asia)

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Turkmen

Proper noun

Afganistan

1. Afghanistan (a country in Asia)