Afganistan

See also: Afganistán, Afgánistán, and Afganistàn

Languages (26)

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Afrikaans

Proper noun

Afganistan

1. alternative spelling of Afghanistan: Afghanistan (a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)

Related terms

• Afgaan
• Afgaans

Albanian

Proper noun

Afganistan m (definite Afganistani)

1. Afghanistan (a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)

Inflection

Declension of Afganistan

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	Afganistan	Afganistani
accusative		Afganistanin
dat./abl.	Afganistani	Afganistanit

Derived terms

• afgan

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Afganistán (“Afghanistan”), ultimately from Persian افغان (afġân, “Afghan”) or Arabic أَفْغَان (ʔafḡān, “Afghan”) + Persian ـستان (-estân, “place of”).

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -is̺tan, -an
• Hyphenation: Af‧ga‧nis‧tan

Proper noun

Afganistan inan

1. Afghanistan (a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)

Declension

Declension of Afganistan (inanimate, ending in consonant)

	indefinite
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 (“Afghan”)

Related terms

• afgani
• afganiar (“Afghan”)

Further reading

• “38.- Munduko estatuen izenak, herritarren izenak, hizkuntza ofizialak eta hiriburuak [Names of the states of the world, nationalities, official languages and capitals]”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Arauak, Euskaltzaindia, 2019

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əv.ɣə.nisˈtan]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [av.ɣa.nisˈtan]

• Audio (Valencia):

  (file)

Proper noun

Afganistan m

1. Afghanistan (a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)

Related terms

• afganès

Central Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Afganistán.

Proper noun

Afganistan

1. Afghanistan (a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)

Cornish

Baner Afganistan.

Tyller Afganistan.

Etymology

From English Afghanistan, from Classical Persian اَفْغَانِسْتَان (afġānistān), from اَفْغَان (afġān, “Afghan”) + ـِسْتَان (-istān, “-istan: land of”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /afˈɡanistan/

Proper noun

Afganistan

1. Afghanistan (a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)

Coordinate terms

countries in Asia: powyow Asi (appendix)edit

• Afganistan
• an Maldivys
• Arabi an Saud
• Armeni
• Azerbayjan
• Baghreyn
• Bangladesh
• Boutan
• Brunei
• Byrmani
• China
• Emireythow Unys Arabek
• Enesow Felyp
• Eynda
• Indonesi
• Irak
• Iran
• Israel
• Japan, Nihon
• Jordan
• Jorji
• Kambodi
• Katar
• Kazakstan
• Korea Dhyghow
• Korea Gledh
• Kuweyt
• Kyprus
• Kyrgyzstan
• Laos
• Lebanon
• Malaysi
• Mongoli
• Nepal
• Oman
• Pakistan
• Palestin
• Pow Tay
• Russi
• Singapor
• Sri Lanka
• Syri
• Tajikistan
• Taywan
• Timor Est
• Turki
• Turkmenistan
• Uzbekistan
• Vietnam
• Yemen

Related terms

• afganek (“Afghan”, adjective)

Estonian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑfɡ̊ɑnisˈtɑːn/, [ɑfɡ̊ɑnʲisˈtɑːn]
• Rhymes: -ɑːn
• Hyphenation: Af‧ga‧nis‧tan

Proper noun

Afganistan (genitive Afganistani, partitive Afganistani)

1. Afghanistan (a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)

Declension

Declension of Afganistan (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		Afganistan	—
accusative	nom.
	gen.	Afganistani
genitive			—
partitive		Afganistani	—
illative		Afganistani Afganistanisse	—
inessive		Afganistanis	—
elative		Afganistanist	—
allative		Afganistanile	—
adessive		Afganistanil	—
ablative		Afganistanilt	—
translative		Afganistaniks	—
terminative		Afganistanini	—
essive		Afganistanina	—
abessive		Afganistanita	—
comitative		Afganistaniga	—

References

• Afganistan in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Faroese

Etymology

From Persian افغان (afġân, “Afghan”) or Arabic اَفْغَان (afḡān, “Afghan”) + Persian ـستان (-estân, “place of”).

Proper noun

Afganistan

1. Afghanistan (a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)

Declension

	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Afganistan
accusative	Afganistan
dative	Afganistan/Afganistani
genitive	Afganistans

Finnish

Etymology

From Persian افغانستان (afġânestân).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑfɡɑnistɑn/, [ˈɑ̝fɡɑ̝ˌnis̠tɑ̝n]
• Rhymes: -istɑn
• Syllabification^(key): Af‧ga‧nis‧tan
• Hyphenation^(key): Af‧ga‧nis‧tan

Proper noun

Afganistan

1. Afghanistan (a landlocked country between Central Asia and South 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	—
abessive		Afganistanitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Afganistan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Afganistanini — accusative nom. Afganistanini — gen. Afganistanini genitive Afganistanini — partitive Afganistaniani — inessive Afganistanissani — elative Afganistanistani — illative Afganistaniini — adessive Afganistanillani — ablative Afganistaniltani — allative Afganistanilleni — essive Afganistaninani — translative Afganistanikseni — abessive Afganistanittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Afganistanisi — accusative nom. Afganistanisi — gen. Afganistanisi genitive Afganistanisi — partitive Afganistaniasi — inessive Afganistanissasi — elative Afganistanistasi — illative Afganistaniisi — adessive Afganistanillasi — ablative Afganistaniltasi — allative Afganistanillesi — essive Afganistaninasi — translative Afganistaniksesi — abessive Afganistanittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Afganistanimme — accusative nom. Afganistanimme — gen. Afganistanimme genitive Afganistanimme — partitive Afganistaniamme — inessive Afganistanissamme — elative Afganistanistamme — illative Afganistaniimme — adessive Afganistanillamme — ablative Afganistaniltamme — allative Afganistanillemme — essive Afganistaninamme — translative Afganistaniksemme — abessive Afganistanittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Afganistaninne — accusative nom. Afganistaninne — gen. Afganistaninne genitive Afganistaninne — partitive Afganistanianne — inessive Afganistanissanne — elative Afganistanistanne — illative Afganistaniinne — adessive Afganistanillanne — ablative Afganistaniltanne — allative Afganistanillenne — essive Afganistaninanne — translative Afganistaniksenne — abessive Afganistanittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Afganistaninsa — accusative nom. Afganistaninsa — gen. Afganistaninsa genitive Afganistaninsa — partitive Afganistaniaan Afganistaniansa — inessive Afganistanissaan Afganistanissansa — elative Afganistanistaan Afganistanistansa — illative Afganistaniinsa — adessive Afganistanillaan Afganistanillansa — ablative Afganistaniltaan Afganistaniltansa — allative Afganistanilleen Afganistanillensa — essive Afganistaninaan Afganistaninansa — translative Afganistanikseen Afganistaniksensa — abessive Afganistanittaan Afganistanittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• afganistanilainen

compounds

• afganistaninpiiskujänis
• afganistaninpika

Related terms

• afgaani

Gagauz

Proper noun

Afganistan

1. Afghanistan (a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)

Icelandic

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Afganistan n (proper noun, genitive singular Afganistan or (equally common) Afganistans)

1. Afghanistan (a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)

Declension

Declension of Afganistan (sg-only neuter)

indefinite singular
nominative	Afganistan
accusative	Afganistan
dative	Afganistan
genitive	Afganistan, Afganistans1

¹Equally common.

Ido

Proper noun

Afganistan

1. Afghanistan (a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch Afghanistan, from Persian افغان (afġân, “Afghan”) or Arabic أَفْغَان (ʔafḡān, “Afghan”) + Persian ـستان (-estân, “place of”).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Afganistan

1. Afghanistan (a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)

Alternative forms

• Afghanistan: nonstandard or standard Indonesian, standard Malay

See also

countries in Asia: negara-negara di Asia (appendix)edit

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

Further reading

• “Afganistan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Proper noun

Afganistan m

1. alternative spelling of Afghanistan

Kashubian

Alternative forms

• Afganistón

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /av.ɡaˈɲis.tan/
• Rhymes: -istan
• Syllabification: Af‧ga‧nis‧tan

Proper noun

Afganistan m ?

1. Afghanistan (a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)

Derived terms

nouns

• Afganka
• Afgańczik

Further reading

• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “Afganistan”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “Afganistan”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /af.ɡa.nɪsˈtaːn/

• Audio (Gozo):

  (file)

Proper noun

L-Afganistan m

1. Afghanistan (a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia; official name: Repubblika Iżlamika tal-Afganistan)

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French Afghanistan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [afɡanistɑ̃]

Proper noun

Afganistan

1. Afghanistan (a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)

Related terms

• Afgan

Occitan

Proper noun

Afganistan m

1. Afghanistan (a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)

Related terms

• afgan

Polish

Etymology

Internationalism; ultimately from Classical Persian افغانستان (Afġānistān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /av.ɡaˈɲis.tan/

• Audio:

  (file)

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

Proper noun

Afganistan m inan (related adjective afgański or afganistański, demonym Afgańczyk, female demonym Afganka)

1. Afghanistan (a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)

Declension

Declension of Afganistan

	singular
nominative	Afganistan
genitive	Afganistanu
dative	Afganistanowi
accusative	Afganistan
instrumental	Afganistanem
locative	Afganistanie
vocative	Afganistanie

Related terms

nouns

• afgan
• afgani
• afganiec
• afgańskość

Further reading

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

Romanian

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Afganistan n

1. Afghanistan (a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• Avganìstān (Serbia)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /afɡanǐstaːn/
• Hyphenation: Af‧ga‧nis‧tan

Proper noun

Afganìstān m (Cyrillic spelling Афганѝста̄н)

1. (Bosnia, Croatia) Afghanistan (a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)

Declension

Declension of Afganistan

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

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈafɡaɲistan]

Proper noun

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

1. Afghanistan (a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)

References

• “Afganistan”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʋɡáːnistan/

Proper noun

Afgȃnistan m inan

1. Afghanistan (a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative	Afgánistan
genitive	Afgánistana
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Afgánistan
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Afgánistana
dative (dajȃlnik)	Afgánistanu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Afgánistan
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Afgánistanu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Afgánistanom

Related terms

• Afgánistanec / Afgánistanka
• afgánistanski

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

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish افغانستان (Afganistan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /af.ɡa.nisˈtan/

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Afganistan

1. Afghanistan (a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)

Declension

Declension of Afganistan

	singular	plural
nominative	Afganistan	Afganistanlar
accusative	Afganistan'ı	Afganistanları
dative	Afganistan'a	Afganistanlara
locative	Afganistan'da	Afganistanlarda
ablative	Afganistan'dan	Afganistanlardan
genitive	Afganistan'ın	Afganistanların

Possessive forms of Afganistan

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Afganistan'ım	Afganistanlarım Afganistan'larım
senin (your)	Afganistan'ın	Afganistanların Afganistan'ların
onun (his/her/its)	Afganistan'ı	Afganistanları Afganistan'ları
bizim (our)	Afganistan'ımız	Afganistanlarımız Afganistan'larımız
sizin (your)	Afganistan'ınız	Afganistanlarınız Afganistan'larınız
onların (their)	Afganistan'ı Afganistanları Afganistan'ları	Afganistanları Afganistan'ları

See also

countries in Asia: Asya ülkesi (appendix)edit

• Afganistan
• Azerbaycan
• Bahreyn
• Bangladeş
• Birleşik Arap Emirlikleri
• Bruney
• Butan
• Çin
• Doğu Timor
• Endonezya
• Ermenistan
• Filipinler
• Filistin
• Güney Kore
• Gürcistan
• Hindistan
• Irak
• İran
• İsrail
• Japonya
• Kamboçya
• Katar
• Kazakistan
• Kıbrıs
• Kırgızistan
• Kuveyt
• Kuzey Kore
• Laos
• Lübnan
• Maldivler
• Malezya
• Mısır
• Moğolistan
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Özbekistan
• Pakistan
• Rusya
• Singapur
• Sri Lanka
• Suriye
• Suudi Arabistan
• Tacikistan
• Tayland
• Tayvan
• Türkiye
• Türkmenistan
• Umman
• Ürdün
• Vietnam
• Yemen

Turkmen

Other scripts
Latin	Afganistan‍
Cyrillic	Афганистан‍
Arabic	افغانستان

Proper noun

Afganistan

1. Afghanistan (a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)

   Synonym: Owganystan

Declension

Declension of Afganistan

	singular only
nominative	Afganistan
accusative	Afganistany
genitive	Afganistanyň
dative	Afganistana
locative	Afganistanda
ablative	Afganistandan