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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Of, from or relating to Afghanistan, its people, or its culture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Of, from, or pertaining to the Pashtun ethnic community.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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name
Pashto, a language primarily spoken by Pashtun people in Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Clipping of Afghanistan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
A person from Afghanistan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Afghani, Afghanistani, Afghanese
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noun
A person of Pashtun ethnicity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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noun
Synonym of Afghan rug.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Afghan rug
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noun
Synonym of Afghan Hound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Afghan Hound
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noun
Synonym of Afghan coat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Afghan coat
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of afghan (“crocheted or knitted blanket or throw”)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of afghan (“type of iced chocolate biscuit”)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: New-Zealand, alt-of
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noun
A blanket or throw, usually crocheted or knitted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A type of iced chocolate biscuit, sometimes containing cornflakes and topped with a walnut.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand
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adjective
of or relating to or characteristic of Afghanistan or its people
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Afghani, Afghanistani
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noun
tall graceful breed of hound with a long silky coat; native to the Near East
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Afghan hound
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Broader terms: hound, hound dog
noun
a blanket knitted or crocheted in strips or squares; sometimes used as a shawl
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: blanket, cover
noun
a coat made of sheepskin
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sheepskin coat
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Broader terms: coat
noun
an Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan; the official language of Afghanistan
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Pashto, Pashtu, Paxto, Afghani
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Iranian, Iranian language
noun
a native or inhabitant of Afghanistan
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Afghanistani
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Asian, Asiatic
Narrower terms: Kafir, Pathan, Pashtun, Pushtun, Pashtoon
History
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 *Hápa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hápa (“away”), from Proto-Indo-European *h2epó + *-āna (“ethnic group”), from Proto-Indo-European *-nós, thus: "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.
From Afghan.
Across languages
268 source translations are retained for this English entry.
