Afghan

afghan English Origins of the name + thumb|right|200px|Afghan statesman and the last King of Afghanistan, Mohammad Zahir Shah. He is widely referred to as the Father of the Nation. Alternative forms en Affghan obsolete Etymology en :bor fa-cls:افغان<id:Afghani> en fa-cls افغان afġān Afghan, from en xbc αβαγανο, first attested in the fourth century CE, most likely a compound of xbc *apāka- distant, faraway, from en ira-pro *Hápa, from en iir-pro *Hápa away, from en ine-pro *h₂epó + xbc *-āna ethnic group, from en ine-pro *-nós, thus: "people from a distant land".On the Origin of the Terms "Afghan" & "Pashtun" (Again) Studia Philologica Iranica: Gherardo Gnoli Memorial Volume Johnny Cheung Enrico Morano, Elio Provasi & Adriano V. Rossi 2017 Scienze e Lettere Rome, Italy 31—51 9788866871156 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 en /ˈæfˌɡæn/ /ˈæfɡən/ /ˈæf(ˌ)ɡɑːn/ UK,US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Afghan.wav Southern England en æn ɑːn 2 Noun en Q16007968 A native or inhabitant of Afghanistan. from late 18th c. en Afghani Afghanistani Afghanese<qq:dated> en Kabuli en Priscilla Alvarez and Oren Liebermann Inside the effort to resettle thousands of Afghans in the United States w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/13/politics/afghan-refugee-resettlement-united-states/index.html 2021-09-13 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. en dated A person of Pashtun ethnicity. from 1625 en Afghan rug. from 1888 en Afghan Hound. from 1918 en Afghan coat. from 1974 en afghan crocheted or knitted blanket or throw en New Zealand en afghan type of iced chocolate biscuit Derived terms en afghani Afghani Afghanise Afghanize Related terms en Afghanisation en Afghanization Descendants fr afghan Afghan 1 1 Translations person from Afghanistan Afrikaans: af Afghaan Albanian: sq afgan m Arabic: ar أَفْغَانِيّ, ar أَفْغَانِيَّة f Armenian: hy աֆղան Asturian: ast afganistanu Azerbaijani: az əfqan Bactrian: xbc αβαγανο Basque: eu afganistandar Belarusian: be афга́нец m, be афга́нка f Bengali: bn আফগান Bulgarian: bg афганиста́нец m, bg афганиста́нка f Catalan: ca afganès m, ca afganesa f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 阿富汗人 Āfùhànrén Czech: cs Afghánec m, cs Afgánec m Danish: da afghaner c Dutch: nl Afghaan m, nl Afghaanse f Esperanto: eo afgano, eo afganino female Estonian: et afgaan, et afganistanlane Finnish: fi afganistanilainen; fi afgaani incorrectly French: fr Afghan m, fr Afghane f Galician: gl afgán m Georgian: ka ავღანელი Old Georgian: oge ავღანი German: de Afghane m, de Afghanin f Greek: el Αφγανός m, el Αφγανή f Gujarati: gu અફઘાન m Hawaiian: haw ʻApekanikana Hebrew: he אַפְגָּנִי m afgani Hindi: hi अफ़ग़ान mf Hungarian: hu afgán Icelandic: is Afgani m Interlingua: ia afghano Irish: ga Afganastánach m Italian: it afghano m, it afghana f Japanese: ja アフガニスタン人 アフガニスタンじん, afuganisutanjin, ja アフガン人 Afuganjin Kazakh: kk ауған Korean: ko 아프가니스탄인, ko 아프가니스탄 사람 Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Afganî Kyrgyz: ky афган Latvian: lv afgānis m, lv afgāniete f Lithuanian: lt afganistanietis m, lt afganistanietė f Macedonian: mk Авганиста́нец m, mk Авганиста́нка f Maltese: mt Afgan m, mt Afgana f Marathi: mr अफगाण m f Norwegian: Bokmål: nb afghaner m Nynorsk: nn afghanar m Pashto: ps افغان m afǧân Persian: fa افغان afġân, fa افغانی afġâni Polish: pl Afgańczyk m-pr, pl Afganka f Portuguese: pt afegão m, pt afegã f Romanian: ro afgan m, ro afgană f Russian: ru афга́нец m, ru афга́нка f Sanskrit: sa अवगाण m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Афганиста́нац m, sh Афганиста́нка f, sh Афган m, sh Афганка f, Latin: sh Afganistánac m, sh Afganìstānka f, sh Àfgan m, sh Àfgānka f Slovak: sk Afganec m, sk Afganka f Slovene: sl Afganistanec m, sl Afganistanka f Spanish: es afgano m, es afgana f Swahili: sw Mwafugani Swedish: sv afghan c, sv afghanska f Tagalog: tl Apgano Tajik: tg афғон, tg афғонӣ Thai: th ชาวอัฟกานิสถาน chaao áf-gaa-nís-tǎan Turkish: tr Afgan Ottoman Turkish: ota افغان Afgan Turkmen: tk owgan Ukrainian: uk афга́нець m, uk афга́нка f Urdu: ur افغان m afġān Uyghur: ug ئافغان Uzbek: uz afgʻon Vietnamese: vi người Áp-ga-ni-xtan person of Pashtun ethnicity Arabic: ar أَفْغَانِيّ m, ar أَفْغَانِيَّة f, ar قَنْدِيّ m archaic, ar قَنْدِيَّة f archaic Dutch: nl Pathaan m, nl Pathaanse f, nl Afghaan m, nl Afghaanse f Finnish: fi pataani, fi afgaani German: de Paschtune m, de Paschtunin f Gujarati: gu અફઘાન m Hindi: hi अफ़ग़ान mf, hi पठान mf Latvian: lv afgānis m, lv afgāniete f, lv puštuns m Marathi: mr अफगाण m f Persian: fa افغان afġân Polish: pl Pasztun m-pr, pl Pasztunka f, pl Afgan m-pr, pl Afganka f Russian: ru пушту́н m, ru пушту́нка f Sanskrit: sa अवगाण m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Афганиста́нац m, sh Афганиста́нка f, sh Афган m, sh Афганка f, Latin: sh Afganistánac m, sh Afganìstānka f, sh Àfgan m, sh Àfgānka f Afghan hound Danish: da afghaner c Dutch: nl afghaan m, nl Afghaanse windhond m Finnish: fi afgaaninvinttikoira; fi afgaani informal German: de Afghane m Malay: ms anjing pemburu Afghan Norwegian: Bokmål: nb afghaner m Nynorsk: nn afghanar m Polish: pl chart afgański m-an, pl afgan m-an Romanian: ro afgan m Russian: ru афга́нская борза́я f Proper noun Pashto, a language primarily spoken by Pashtun people in Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan. from 1811 en UK military slang en Afghanistan. en He will be in Afghan for another six months. Synonyms en Pashto en Pashtun Translations Pashto language Armenian: hy աֆղաներեն Dutch: nl Pasjtoe n, nl Afghaans n Finnish: fi paštu, fi afgaani German: de Afghanisch n Greek: el αφγανιστανός Hindi: hi अफ़ग़ानी f Hungarian: hu afgán Interlingua: ia afghano Italian: it afghano m Japanese: ja アフガニスタン語 アフガニスタンご, afuganisutango Latvian: lv afgāņu valoda f, lv afgāņu, lv puštunu valoda f, lv puštunu, lv puštu Lithuanian: lt afganistaniečių p Maltese: mt L-Afgan Norwegian: Bokmål: nb afghansk m Nynorsk: nn afghansk m Persian: fa افغانی afġâni Polish: pl paszto m-in język, pl pasztuński m-in język, pl afgański m-in język Portuguese: pt afegão m Romanian: ro afgană f Russian: ru афга́нский m Swedish: sv afghanska c Turkish: tr Peştuca, tr Afganca Pashto Adjective - en <<c/Afghanistan>>, its people, or its culture. en Kabuli en Priscilla Alvarez and Oren Liebermann Inside the effort to resettle thousands of Afghans in the United States w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/13/politics/afghan-refugee-resettlement-united-states/index.html 2021-09-13 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. Of, from, or pertaining to the Pashtun ethnic community. Derived terms en Afghanese Afghania Afghanise afghanite Afghanize Afghan bread Afghan fox Afghan hound,Afghan Hound Afghano- Afghanness Translations pertaining to Afghanistan Afrikaans: af Afghaans Arabic: ar أَفْغَانِيّ Armenian: hy աֆղանական Asturian: ast afganistanu Azerbaijani: az əfqan Basque: eu afganistandar Belarusian: be афга́нскі Bengali: bn আফগানি Bulgarian: bg афганиста́нски Burmese: my အာဖဂန်နစ်စတန် Catalan: ca afganès Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 阿富汗 Āfùhàn de 阿富汗的 Czech: cs afgánský, cs afghánský Dutch: nl Afghaans Estonian: et afgaani Faroese: fo afganskur Finnish: fi afganistanilainen French: fr afghan Georgian: ka ავღანური German: de afghanisch Greek: el αφγανικός Gujarati: gu અફઘાન Hebrew: he אַפְגָּנִי afgani Hindi: hi अफ़ग़ानी Hungarian: hu afgán, hu afganisztáni Indonesian: id Afghanistan Interlingua: ia afghan Irish: ga Afganastánach Italian: it afghano Japanese: ja アフガニスタン アフガニスタンの Afuganisutan no Kazakh: kk ауған Khmer: km អាហ្វហ្គានីស្ថាន Korean: ko 아프가니스탄 ^아프가니스탄-의 Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Efxanî Kyrgyz: ky афган Latin: la afghanicus Latvian: lv afgāņu, lv afgānisks Lithuanian: lt afganištanietiškas m, lt afganistanietiška f Macedonian: mk авганиста́нски Malay: ms Afghanistan Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn афган Norwegian: Bokmål: nb afghansk Nynorsk: nn afghansk Occitan: oc afgan Pashto: ps افغاني afǧāní Persian: fa افغان afġân, fa افغانی afġâni Polish: pl afgański Portuguese: pt afegão Romanian: ro afgan Russian: ru афга́нский Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh афганѝста̄нскӣ Latin: sh afganìstānskī Slovak: sk afganský Slovene: sl afganistanski Spanish: es afgano Swedish: sv afghansk Tajik: tg афғонӣ Thai: th อัฟกานิสถาน Turkish: tr Afgan Turkmen: tk owgan Ukrainian: uk афга́нський Urdu: ur افغانی afġānī Uyghur: ug ئافغان Uzbek: uz afgʻon Vietnamese: vi Áp-ga-ni-xtan pertaining to Pashtun Dutch: nl Pathaans, nl Afghaans Finnish: fi pataani-, fi afgaani- German: de paschtunisch Hindi: hi अफ़्ग़ानी, hi अफगानी, hi पठानी Latvian: lv puštunu, lv afgāņu, lv afgānisks Polish: pl pasztuński m Romanian: ro afgan See also Appendix:Countries of the world References Afghan n. and adj. 6532795780 1 March 2025 en Afghanistan Dogs Ethnonyms Nationalities People French Etymology Nominalization of fr afghan, ultimately from fr fa افغان afġân. Pronunciation Noun m + fr <<c/Afghanistan>> Afghan from early 19th c.afghan fr Kaboulien fr La Crimée et les provinces russes en Asie Circassie et Géorgie César Famin F. Didot 1838 Paris 876665554 Univers. Histoire et description de tous les peuples 45 Afghanistan https://www.google.com/books/edition/La_Crim%C3%A9e_et_les_provinces_russes_en_As/hWhAAQAAMAAJ?hl=es-419&gbpv=1&dq=%22afghan%22&pg=RA5-PA45&printsec=frontcover « Et cependant, malgré tous mes malheurs, je remercie encore Dieu de deux choses : « La première, d'être Afghan ; et la seconde, d'être Khoushâl Khattack. » "And yet, despite all my misfortunes, I still thank God for two things: the first, for being Afghan, and the second, for being Khushal Khattack." References Further reading afghan, -ane, adj. et n. Dictionnaire de l'Académie française 9th 1992–2024 https://www.dictionnaire-academie.fr/article/A9A0796 9782213727417 fr Afghanistan Ethnonyms Nationalities