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Afghan

See also: afghan

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian افغان (afġān, “Afghan”), from Bactrian αβαγανο (abagano), first attested in the fourth century CE, most likely a compound of *apāka- (“distant, faraway”), from Proto-Iranian *Hapá, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hapá (“away”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó + *-āna (“ethnic group”), from Proto-Indo-European *-nós, thus: "people from a distant land".[1] Various scholars have proposed Sanskrit etymologies since the nineteenth century (especially prior to the 2007 publication of earlier Bactrian attestations for the word), but linguist Johnny Cheung notes that these are "extremely difficult to reconcile" with recent evidence pointing to a Bactrian source.

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Noun

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Afghan (plural Afghans)

  2. A native or inhabitant of Afghanistan; A person of Afghan citizenship or nationality and their descendants.
    Synonyms: Afghani, Afghanistani, Afghanese (dated)
    Hyponym: Kabuli
    • 2021 September 13, Priscilla Alvarez and Oren Liebermann, “Inside the effort to resettle thousands of Afghans in the United States”, in CNN‎[1]:
      Four cases of measles – a highly contagious virus – have also been discovered among Afghans who recently arrived in the US, prompting the administration to temporarily pause flights of Afghan refugees to the US.
  3. (historical) A person of Pashtun ethnicity.
  4. Synonym of Afghan Hound.

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Descendants

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  • →? French: Afghan, afghan

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Proper noun

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Afghan

  1. Pashto, a language primarily spoken by Pashtun people in Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan.
  2. (UK, military slang) Clipping of Afghanistan.
    He will be in Afghan for another six months.

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Adjective

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Afghan (not comparable)

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Afghanistan.
    Hyponym: Kabuli
    • 2021 September 13, Priscilla Alvarez and Oren Liebermann, “Inside the effort to resettle thousands of Afghans in the United States”, in CNN‎[2]:
      After the biggest military evacuation in history, the Biden administration will now resettle more than 60,000 Afghan refugees inside the US over the next several weeks.
  2. Of, from, or pertaining to the Pashtun ethnic community.

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Johnny Cheung (2017) “On the Origin of the Terms "Afghan" & "Pashtun" (Again)”, in Enrico Morano, Elio Provasi & Adriano V. Rossi, editors, Studia Philologica Iranica: Gherardo Gnoli Memorial Volume, Rome, Italy: Scienze e Lettere, →ISBN, pages 31—51

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Etymology

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Derived from Persian افغان (afġân), possibly through English Afghan.[1]

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Noun

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Afghan m (plural Afghans, feminine Afghane)

  1. Afghan (native or inhabitant of Afghanistan) (usually male)
    Hyponym: Kaboulien
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References

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  1. ^ “Afghan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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