Afghanistan

Afghánistán English thumb|Flag of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan|alt=White flag with the Shahada written in the calligraphic Thuluth script in black in the center. thumb|Internationally-recognized flag of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan|alt=Black, red, and green triband flag with white emblem in the center. thumb|Map of Afghanistan|alt=Map highlighting Afghanistan's location in Central and South Asia Alternative forms en Affghanistan Affghanisthan Affghaunistan Afghanisthan Afghaunistan all obsolete en Afganistan Etymology en :bor fa-cls:اَفْغَانِسْتَان 1 From en fa-cls اَفْغَانِسْتَان, from fa-cls اَفْغَان Afghan + fa-cls ـِسْتَان -istan: land of,Afghanistanism n., Etymology 1164431169 July 2023 1 equivalent to en Afghan -istan. Pronunciation en /æfˈɡænɪstæn/ /æfˈɡænɪstɑːn/ RP,SSB en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Afghanistan.wav London,SSB en /æfˈɡænɪstæn/ [æfˈɡɛənɪstɛən] /æfˈɡænɪstɑn/ [æfˈɡɛənɪstɑn] GA,CA æ-tensing æ-tensing en En-us-Afghanistan.ogg US [äfˈɡɛənəstæn] en Af ghan i stan 1 Detailed dialectal pronunciations en /æfˈɡænəstæn/ /æfˈɡænəstɑːn/ weak vowel merger en [æfˈɡænɪˌstɑːn] [æfˈɡænɪˌstæn] RP en [afˈɡanɪˌstɑːn] [afˈɡanɪˌstan] SSB en [æfˈɡænəˌstæn] [æfˈɡænəˌstɐːn] AU en [ɛfˈɡɛnəˌstɛn] [ɛfˈɡɛnəˌstɐːn] NZ Proper noun en Q889en A landlocked <<country>> between <<r/Central Asia,South Asia>> Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Kabul. from 1768 OED en Graveyard of Empires figuratively en Central Asia en 1768 Mahummud Casim Ferishta w:Alexander Dow The Reign of Chusero Malleck, ben Chusero Shaw The History of Hindostan; from the Earliest Account of Time, to the Death of Akbar;Translated from the Persian of Mahummud Casim Ferishta of Delhi: Together with a Dissertation Concerning the Religion and Philosophy of the Brahmins; with an Appendix, Containing the History of the Mogul Empire, from Its Decline in the Reign of Mahummud Shaw, to the Present Times. By Alexander Dow. In Two Volumes. I London Printed for T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt,in the Strand. 141 https://archive.org/details/historyofhindost01firi_0/page/n236/mode/1up 3835934 But Shahab ul dien Mahummud, brother to the Prince of Ghor, invaded the kingdom of Ghizni, which he conquered, and not ſatisfied with that, marched an army into Hindoſtan, overrunning Piſhawir, Afghaniſtan, Moultan and Sind. en 22 October 1781 From the Delhi Gazette, Calcutta The Remembrancer; or, Impartial Repository of Public Events. For the Year 1782. part II London Printed for John Debrett,(Successor to Mr. [John] Almon) opposite Burlington-House, Piccadilly. 1782 43 https://archive.org/details/TheRemembrancerOrImpartialRepositoryOfPublicEventsvol.14/page/n51/mode/1up 1 1606594 This Timoor Shah is the ſon of the famous Ahmed Shah Abdalee, who was formerly in the ſervice of Nadir Shah, and upon the aſſaſſination of that monarch, ſeized the vaſl treaſures which had been depoſited in the Caſtle Herat, and carried them off into the mountains of Afghaniſtan, where his ſtandard was preſently joined by numbers of needy followers, and with this army he ſoon founded an independent kingdom to the eaſtward of Perſia. en 1790 George Forster Preface A Journey from Bengal to England, through the Northern Part of India, Kashmire, Afghanistan, and Persia; and into Russia, by the Caspian Sea.By George Forster, in the Civil Service of the Honourable the East-India Company. In Two Volumes. I Calcutta From the Press of Cooper and Upjohn 5 https://books.google.com/books?id=e-NoAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA5 556565878 I am now arranging, and endeavouring to render worthy of the notice of the public, a ſecond volume, which contains a relation of my journey from Kaſhmire to England, through Afghaniſtan, Perſia, and Ruſſia. 2008-02-19 John Fisher Burns Britain: Life Sentence in Beheading Plot https://web.archive.org/web/20221126025032/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/19/world/europe/19briefs-plot.html Described by witnesses as a keen cricketer and pubgoer until contacts with Islamic militants radicalized him on a trip to Pakistan, he was ordered to serve at least 14 years for the plot, and for supplying militants in Afghanistan with money and equipment. Derived terms en Afghanistani Afghanistanism Afghanistanism Democratic Republic of Afghanistan Emirate of Afghanistan Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Kingdom of Afghanistan Sublime State of Afghanistan Related terms en Afghan Afghani Afghania Afghanistani Descendants fr Afghanistan 1 1 haw ʻApekanikana 1 pt Afeganistão 1 1 es Afganistán 1 1 mul AF AFG 1 1 Translations Q889 country Abkhaz: ab Афганистан, ab Афӷанисҭан, ab Афӷантәыла Afar: aa Afgaanistan Afrikaans: af Afghanistan Albanian: sq Afganistan m indefinite, sq Afganistani m definite Gheg Albanian: aln Afghanistan m Amharic: am አፍጋኒስታን Arabic: ar أَفْغَانِسْتَان f Aragonese: an Afganistán Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܐܲܦ̮ܓ݂ܵܢܸܣܛܵܢ āfḡanisṭan f Armenian: hy Աֆղանստան Assamese: as আফগানিস্তান Asturian: ast Afganistán Azerbaijani: az Əfqanıstan Cyrillic: az Әфганыстан Bashkir: ba Афғанстан Basque: eu Afganistan Belarusian: be Афганіста́н m, be Аўганіста́н m Taraškievica Bengali: bn আফগানিস্তান Brahui: brh Aoģánistán Breton: br Afghanistan Bulgarian: bg Афганиста́н m Burmese: my အာဖဂန်နစ်စတန် Buryat: bua Афганистан Carpathian Rusyn: rue Афґаніста́н m Catalan: ca Afganistan l’Afganistan m Cebuano: ceb Afghanistan, ceb Apganistan Chechen: ce Овгӏан Cherokee: chr ᎠᏫᎨᏂᏍᏖᏂ Chinese: Cantonese: yue 阿富汗 aa3 fu3 hon6, o1 fu3 hon6 Eastern Min: cdo 阿富汗 Ŏ̤-hô-gâng Hakka: hak 阿富汗 Â-fu-hon Hokkien: nan-hbl 阿富汗 A-hù-hān Mandarin: cmn 阿富汗; cmn 愛烏罕 Àiwūhǎn historically Wu: wuu 阿富汗 Chuvash: cv Афганистан Circassian: East Circassian: kbd Афганистэн West Circassian: ady Афганистан Cornish: kw Afghanistan Crimean Tatar: crh Afğanistan Czech: cs Afgánistán m, cs Afghánistán m Danish: da Afghanistan n Dhivehi: dv އަފްޣާނިސްތާން Doteli: dty अफगानिस्तान Dutch: nl Afghanistan n Dzongkha: dz ཨཕ་ག་ནིསི་ཏཱན་ Erzya: myv Афганистан Esperanto: eo Afganio, eo Afganistano, eo Afganujo Estonian: et Afganistan Extremaduran: ext Afganistán Farefare: gur Afɣanistã Faroese: fo Afganistan n Finnish: fi Afganistan Franco-Provençal: frp Afganistan French: fr Afghanistan m Frisian: West Frisian: fy Afganistan Friulian: fur Afghanistan Gagauz: gag Afganistan Galician: gl Afganistán m Georgian: ka ავღანეთი German: de Afghanistan n Alemannic German: gsw Afganischtan Greek: el Αφγανιστάν n Guarani: Paraguayan Guarani: gug Ahyganitã Gujarati: gu અફગાનિસ્તાન Haitian Creole: ht Afganistan Hausa: ha Afganistan, ha Afaganistan Hawaiian: haw ʻApekanikana Hebrew: he אַפְגָּנִיסְטָן f afganistan Hindi: hi अफ़्ग़ानिस्तान m, hi अफगानिस्तान m Hungarian: hu Afganisztán Icelandic: is Afganistan Ido: io Afganistan Ilocano: ilo Apganistan Indonesian: id Afghanistan Interlingua: ia Afghanistan Irish: ga Afganastáin f An Afganastáin Italian: it Afghanistan m, it Afganistan m, it Afgania f Japanese: ja アフガニスタン Afuganisutan, ja アフガン Afugan Javanese: jv Afganistan Kabiye: kbp Afganistani Kabyle: kab Afɣanistan Kalenjin: kln Afganistan Kalmyk: xal Апганмудин Kamba: kam Afganistan Kamkata-viri: bsh Āfǧoniston Kannada: kn ಅಫ್ಘಾನಿಸ್ತಾನ Kapampangan: pam Afghanistan Karachay-Balkar: krc Афганистан Kashubian: csb Afganistón Kazakh: kk Ауғанстан Khmer: km អាហ្វហ្គានីស្ថាន Kikuyu: ki Afganistan Komi: Komi-Permyak: koi Афганистан Komi-Zyrian: kpv Афганистан Konkani: kok अफगाणिस्तान Korean: ko ^아프가니스탄 Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb ئەفغانستان Northern Kurdish: kmr Efxanistan Kyrgyz: ky Афганистан, ky Афганстан, ky Ооганстан Ladino: lad Afganistan Lao: lo ອັບຟາການິດສະຖານ, lo ອັຟການິດສະຖານ, lo ອາຟະການິດສະຖານ Latin: la Afgania f, la Ariana f Latvian: lv Afganistāna f Lezgi: lez Афганистан Limburgish: li Afganistan Lingala: ln Afganistáni Lithuanian: lt Afganistanas m Livvi: olo Afganistuanu Low German: nds Afghanistan Luhya: luy Afganistan Luo: luo Afganistan Luri: Northern Luri: lrc أفغانستان Luxembourgish: lb Afghanistan Macedonian: mk Авганиста́н m Maithili: mai अफगानिस्तान Malagasy: mg Afganistana Malay: ms Afghanistan Malayalam: ml അഫ്ഗാനിസ്ഥാന് Maltese: mt Afganistan m Manchu: mnc ᠠᡳ᠌᠇ᡠ᠌ᡥᠠᠨ Manipuri: Bishnupriya Manipuri: bpy আফগানিস্তান Manx: gv Yn Afghanistaan Māori: mi Āwhekenetāna Marathi: mr अफगाणिस्तान Mazanderani: mzn افخانستون Meru: mer Afganistan Minangkabau: min Afganistan Mingrelian: xmf ავღანეთი Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Афганистан Mongolian script: mn ᠠᠹᠭᠠᠨᠢᠰᠲ᠋ᠠᠨ Nahuatl: nah Afganistān Nauruan: na Afganistan Nepali: ne अफगानिस्तान Norman: nrf Afghanistan m Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Afghanistan n Nynorsk: nn Afghanistan n Occitan: oc Afganistan m Odia: or ଆଫଗାନିସ୍ତାନ Ossetian: os Афгъанистан Pashto: ps افغانستان m afǧānestān Pennsylvania German: pdc Afganischtaan Persian: Classical Persian: fa-cls اَفْغَانِسْتَان Dari: prs اَفْغَانِسْتَان Iranian Persian: fa-ira اَفْغانِسْتان Piedmontese: pms Afgànistan Polish: pl Afganistan m-in Portuguese: pt Afeganistão m Punjabi: pa ਅਫ਼ਗ਼ਾਨਿਸਤਾਨ Western Punjabi: pnb افغانستان Quechua: qu Afgansuyu Romanian: ro Afganistan n Russian: ru Афганиста́н m, ru Афга́н m colloquial, especially in reference to the 1979–1989 Afghan war Rwanda-Rundi: rw Afuganisitani Sami: Northern Sami: se Afghanistan Samogitian: sgs Afganėstans Sanskrit: sa अफगानस्थान Santali: sat ᱟᱯᱷᱜᱟᱱᱤᱥᱛᱟᱱ Scottish Gaelic: gd Afganastan Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Афганѝста̄н m, sh Авганѝста̄н m Latin: sh Afganìstān m, sh Avganìstān m Sicilian: scn Afganistàn Silesian: szl Afganistan Sinhalese: si ඇෆ්‍ගනිස්‍තානය Slovak: sk Afganistan m Slovene: sl Afgánistan m Somali: so Afgaanistan Spanish: es Afganistán m Sundanese: su Apganistan Swahili: sw Afghanistan, sw Afuganistani Swedish: sv Afghanistan n Tagalog: tl Apganistan Tajik: tg Афғонистон Talysh: tly Əfqanıston Tamil: ta ஆப்கானிஸ்தான், ta ஆஃப்கானிஸ்தான் Tat: ttt Əfqanestan Tatar: tt Әфганстан Telugu: te ఆఫ్ఘనిస్తాన్ Tetum: tet Afeganistaun Thai: th อัฟกานิสถาน Tibetan: bo ཨ་ཧྥུའུ་རྒན་སི་ཐན Tongan: to ʻAfikānisitani Turkish: tr Afganistan Ottoman Turkish: ota افغانستان Afganistan Turkmen: tk Owganystan Cyrillic: tk Овганыстан Udmurt: udm Афганистан Ukrainian: uk Афганіста́н m, uk Афґаніста́н m Urdu: ur اَفْغانِسْتان m Uyghur: ug ئافغانىستان Cyrillic: ug Авғанстан Uzbek: uz Afgʻoniston Cyrillic: uz Афғонистон Venetan: vec Afganistan Veps: vep Afganistan Vietnamese: vi Áp-ga-ni-xtan, vi A Phú Hãn obsolete Volapük: vo Lafganistän Võro: vro Afganistan Waray-Waray: war Afganistan Welsh: cy Affganistan Wolof: wo Afganistaan Yiddish: yi אַפֿגאַניסטאַן Zazaki: zza Efğanıstan Zhuang: za Ahfuhan Zulu: zu I-Afganistani See also Appendix:Countries of the world References Afrikaans af: Alternative forms af Afganistan Proper noun af Afghanistan Q889 af:Kaboel Related terms af Afghaan Afghaans Dutch nl: Etymology nl Pronunciation nl /ɑfˈxaːniˌstɑn/ nl Nl-Afghanistan.ogg nl Af gha ni stan Proper noun n Afghaans,Afghanistaans Afghaan Afghaanse nl Afghanistan Q889 See also French fr: Etymology Ultimately from fr fa-cls افغانستان afġānistān, apparently through fr en Afghanistan.Afghanistanism n., Etymology 1164431169 July 2023 1 Pronunciation fr Fr-Afghanistan.ogg fr LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-Afghanistan.wav <<France>> (<<Paris>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-Afghanistan.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-Afghanistan.wav France fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-Afghanistan.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-Afghanistan.wav <<France>> (<<Somain>>) fr ɑ̃ 4 Proper noun m l'Afghanistan fr Afghanistan Q889 fr:Kaboul fr aller en Afghanistan to go to Afghanistan Related terms fr afghan, fr Afghan See also References German de: Pronunciation de /afˈɡaːnɪstaːn/ de De-Afghanistan.ogg de De-Afghanistan2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de Af gha ni s tan Proper noun toponym de Afghanistan Q889 Related terms de Afghane Afghani afghanisch See also Further reading Italian it: Alternative forms it Afganistan Pronunciation Afghànistan,#Afghanistàn<r:DiPI><audio:It-Afghanistan.ogg> Proper noun m it Afghanistan Q889 Related terms it afgano, it afghano See also References Luxembourgish lb: Proper noun lb proper noun n lb Afghanistan Q889 Norman Proper noun nrf Jersey nrf Afghanistan Q889 Norwegian Bokmål no: Pronunciation nb /ɑf.ˈɡɑ.nɪ.stɑn/ Proper noun nb proper noun nb Afghanistan Q889 Related terms nb afghaner afghansk Norwegian Nynorsk nn: Proper noun nn proper noun nn Afghanistan Q889 Related terms nn afghanar afghansk Swedish sv: Pronunciation sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Afghanistan.wav Proper noun n sv Afghanistan Q889 Related terms sv afghan afghanistanier afghanistansk afghanistanska afghansk afghanska See also References saol Svensk MeSH