Afghan

From Persian افغان‎ (afğân, “Afghan”) via Prakrit, from Sanskrit अवगाण (avagāṇa, “Afghan”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæfˌɡæn/

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.

• Afghanization, Afghanisation

• Afghani, afghani

Afghan

1. Pashto, a language primarily spoken by Pashtun people in Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan.
2. (Britain, military slang) Clipping of Afghanistan.

   He will be in Afghan for another six months.

• Pashtun
• Pashto

Afghan (not comparable)

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

• Afghanness

• Appendix:Countries of the world

• IPA^(key): /af.ɡɑ̃/

Afghan m (plural Afghans, feminine Afghane)

1. Afghan (person from Afghanistan)

• “Afghan” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).