Afghan

See also: afghan

English

Afghan hound

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian افغان‎ (afğân, “Afghan”), from Bactrian αβαγανο (abagano), first attested in the fourth century CE, most likely a compound of *apāka- (“distant, faraway”) + *-āna (“ethnic group”): "people from a distant land". 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.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈæfˌɡæn/, /ˈæfɡən/, /ˈæf(ˌ)ɡɑːn/

• Audio (RP)

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• Rhymes: -æn, -ɑːn

Noun

Afghan (plural Afghans)

1. A person from Afghanistan or of Afghan descent.
2. A person of Pashtun ethnicity or of Pashtun descent.
3. Synonym of Afghan Hound.

Derived terms

• Afghanization, Afghanisation

Related terms

• Afghani, afghani

Synonyms

• Aluan
• Aghwan

Translations

person from Afghanistan

• Albanian: afgan (sq) m
• Arabic: أَفْغَانِيّ‎ (ʾafḡāniyy), أَفْغَانِيَّة‎ f (ʾafḡāniyya)
• Armenian: աֆղան (afłan)
• Azerbaijani: əfqan
• Basque: afganistandar
• Belarusian: афга́нец m (afhánjec), афга́нка f (afhánka)
• Bengali: আফগানি (aphgani)
• Bulgarian: афганиста́нец m (afganistánec), афганиста́нка f (afganistánka)
• Catalan: afganès (ca) m, afganesa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿富汗人 (zh) (Āfùhànrén)

• Czech: Afghánec (cs) m, Afgánec m
• Danish: afghaner (da) c
• Dutch: Afghaan (nl) m, Afghaanse (nl) f
• Esperanto: afgano
• Estonian: afgaan, afganistanlane
• Finnish: afganistanilainen (fi); afgaani (fi) (incorrectly)
• French: Afghan (fr) m, Afghane (fr) f
• Galician: afgán (gl) m
• Georgian: ავღანელი (avɣaneli)

  Old Georgian: ავღანი (avɣani)

• German: Afghane (de) m, Afghanin (de) f
• Greek: Αφγανός (el) m (Afganós), Αφγανή (el) f (Afganí)
• Hebrew: אַפְגָּנִי‎ m (afgani)
• Hindi: अफगान (hi) m (aphgān), अफगानी (hi) (aphgānī), अफ़्ग़ान (afġān), अफ़्ग़ानी (afġānī), अवगाण (avgāṇ)
• Hungarian: afgán (hu)
• Icelandic: Afgani m, Afganar m pl
• Interlingua: afghano
• Irish: Afganastánach m
• Italian: afghano (it) m, afghana (it) f
• Japanese: アフガニスタン人 (アフガニスタンじん, afuganisutanjin), アフガン人 (Afuganjin)
• Kazakh: ауған (auğan)
• Korean: 아프가니스탄 사람 (apeuganiseutan saram)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Afganî (ku)

• Kyrgyz: афган (afgan)
• Latvian: afgānis m, afgāniete f
• Lithuanian: afganistanietis (lt) m, afganistanietė (lt) f
• Macedonian: Авганиста́нец m (Avganistánec), Авганиста́нка f (Avganistánka)
• Maltese: Afgan m, Afgana f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: afghaner (no) m

  Nynorsk: afghanar (nn) m

• Ottoman Turkish: افغان‎ (Afgan)
• Pashto: افغان‎ (ps) m (afǧân)
• Persian: افغان‎ (fa) (afğân), افغانی‎ (fa) (afğâni)
• Polish: Afgańczyk (pl) m pers, Afganka (pl) f
• Portuguese: afegão (pt) m, afegã f
• Romanian: afgan (ro) m, afgană (ro) f
• Russian: афга́нец (ru) m (afgánec), афга́нка (ru) f (afgánka)
• Sanskrit: अवगाण (sa) m (avagāṇa)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Афганиста́нац m, Афганиста́нка f, Афган m, Афганка f,

  Roman: Afganistánac (sh) m, Afganìstānka f, Àfgan m, Àfgānka f

• Slovak: Afganec (sk) m, Afganka (sk) f
• Slovene: Afganistanec m, Afganistanka f
• Spanish: afgano (es) m, afgana (es) f
• Swahili: Mwafugani (sw)
• Swedish: afghan (sv) c, afghanska (sv) f
• Tagalog: Apgano
• Tajik: афғон (afġon), афғонӣ (afġonī)
• Thai: ชาวอัฟกานิสถาน (chaao áf-gaa-nís-tǎan)
• Turkish: Afgan (tr)
• Turkmen: owgan
• Ukrainian: афга́нець m (afhánecʹ), афга́нка f (afhánka)
• Urdu: افغان‎ m (afġān)
• Uyghur: ئافغان‎ (afghan)
• Uzbek: afgʻon (uz)
• Vietnamese: người Áp-ga-ni-xtan

person of Pashtun ethnicity

• Arabic: أَفْغَانِيّ‎ m (ʾafḡāniyy), أَفْغَانِيَّة‎ f (ʾafḡāniyya), (archaic) قَنْدِيّ‎ m (qandiyy), (archaic) قَنْدِيَّة‎ f (qandiyya)
• Dutch: Pathaan m, Pathaanse f, Afghaan (nl) m, Afghaanse (nl) f
• Finnish: pataani (fi), afgaani (fi)
• Hindi: अफगान (hi) m (aphgān), पठान (hi) m (paṭhān), अफ़्ग़ान (afġān), अफ़्ग़ानी (afġānī), अवगाण (avgāṇ)

• Latvian: afgānis m, afgāniete f, puštuns m
• Persian: افغان‎ (fa) (afğân)
• Sanskrit: अवगाण (sa) m (avagāṇa)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Афганиста́нац m, Афганиста́нка f, Афган m, Афганка f,

  Roman: Afganistánac (sh) m, Afganìstānka f, Àfgan m, Àfgānka f

Afghan hound

• Danish: afghaner (da) c
• Dutch: afghaan (nl) m, Afghaanse windhond m
• Finnish: afgaaninvinttikoira (fi); afgaani (fi) (informal)
• German: Afghane (de) m
• Malay: anjing pemburu Afghan

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: afghaner (no) m

  Nynorsk: afghanar (nn) m

• Romanian: afgan (ro) m
• Russian: афга́нская борза́я (ru) f (afgánskaja borzája)

Proper noun

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.

Synonyms

• Pashtun
• Pashto

Translations

Pashto language

• Armenian: աֆղաներեն (hy) (afłaneren)
• Dutch: Pasjtoe (nl) n, Afghaans (nl) n
• Finnish: paštu (fi), afgaani (fi)
• German: Afghanisch
• Greek: αφγανιστανός (afganistanós)
• Hindi: अफ़्ग़ानी f (afġānī)
• Hungarian: afgán (hu)
• Interlingua: afghano
• Italian: afghano (it) m
• Japanese: アフガニスタン語 (アフガニスタンご, afuganisutango)
• Latvian: afgāņu valoda f, afgāņu, puštunu valoda f, puštunu, puštu
• Lithuanian: afganistaniečių pl

• Maltese: L-Afgan
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: afghansk (no) m

  Nynorsk: afghansk (nn) m

• Persian: افغانی‎ (fa) (afğâni)
• Portuguese: afegão (pt)
• Romanian: afgană (ro) f
• Russian: афга́нский (ru) (afgánskij)
• Swedish: afghanska (sv) c
• Turkish: Peştuca (tr), Afganca

Pashto — see Pashto

Adjective

Afghan (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Afghanistan.
2. Of, from, or pertaining to the Pashtun ethnic community.

Derived terms

• Afghan Hounds
• Afghanness

Translations

pertaining to Afghanistan

• Armenian: աֆղանական (hy) (afłanakan)
• Azerbaijani: əfqan
• Basque: afganistandar
• Belarusian: афга́нскі (afhánski)
• Bengali: আফগানি (aphgani)
• Bulgarian: афганиста́нски (afganistánski)
• Burmese: အာဖဂန်နစ်စတန် (ahpa.gannacca.tan)
• Catalan: afganès (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿富汗的 (zh) (Āfùhàn de)

• Czech: afgánský, afghánský (cs)
• Dutch: Afghaans (nl)
• Estonian: afgaani
• Faroese: afganskur
• Finnish: afganistanilainen (fi)
• French: afghan (fr)
• Georgian: ავღანური (ka) (avɣanuri)
• German: afghanisch (de)
• Greek: αφγανικός (el) (afganikós)
• Hebrew: אַפְגָּנִי‎ (afgani)
• Hindi: अफगानी (hi) (aphgānī), अफ़्ग़ानी (afġānī)
• Hungarian: afgán (hu), afganisztáni (hu)
• Indonesian: Afghanistan
• Interlingua: afghan
• Irish: Afganastánach
• Italian: afghano (it)
• Japanese: アフガニスタンの (ja) (Afuganisutan no)
• Kazakh: ауған (auğan)
• Khmer: អាហ្វហ្គានីស្ថាន (ʼaafgiəniisthaan)
• Korean: 아프가니스탄의 (ko) (apeuganiseutanui)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Afganî (ku)

• Kyrgyz: афган (afgan)
• Latin: afghanicus

• Latvian: afgāņu, afgānisks
• Lithuanian: afganištanietiškas m, afganistanietiška f
• Macedonian: авганиста́нски (avganistánski)
• Malay: Afghanistan (ms)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: афган (afgan)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: afghansk (no)

  Nynorsk: afghansk (nn)

• Occitan: afgan
• Pashto: افغاني‎ (ps) (afǧāní)
• Persian: افغان‎ (fa) (afğân), افغانی‎ (fa) (afğâni)
• Polish: afgański (pl)
• Portuguese: afegão (pt)
• Romanian: afgan (ro)
• Russian: афга́нский (ru) (afgánskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: афганѝста̄нскӣ

  Roman: afganìstānskī (sh)

• Slovak: afganský (sk)
• Slovene: afganistanski
• Spanish: afgano (es)
• Swedish: afghansk (sv)
• Tajik: афғонӣ (afġonī)
• Thai: อัฟกานิสถาน (th) (áf-gaa-nís-tǎan)
• Turkish: Afgan (tr)
• Turkmen: owgan
• Ukrainian: афга́нський (uk) m (afhánsʹkyj)
• Urdu: افغانی‎ (afġānī)
• Uyghur: ئافغان‎ (afghan)
• Uzbek: afgʻon (uz)
• Vietnamese: Áp-ga-ni-xtan

pertaining to Pashtun

• Dutch: Pathaans, Afghaans (nl)
• Finnish: pataani-, afgaani-
• Hindi: अफ़्ग़ानी (afġānī), अफगानी (hi) (aphgānī), पठानी (hi) (paṭhānī)

• Latvian: puštunu, afgāņu, afgānisks
• Romanian: afgan (ro)

See also

• Appendix:Countries of the world

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French

Etymology

From Persian افغان‎ (afğân).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /af.ɡɑ̃/

Noun

Afghan m (plural Afghans, feminine Afghane)

1. Afghan (resident or native of Afghanistan)

Further reading

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