afgānis

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Persian افغان‎ (afğân, “Afghan”), itself a borrowing (via Prakrit) from Sanskrit अश्वक (aśvaka, “horseman”)

afgānis m (2nd declension, feminine form: afgāniete)

1. a (male) Afghan, a man from Afghanistan or of Afghan descent

   pēc tautības afgānis ― an Afghan by ethnicity, an ethnic Afghan

   afgānis Latvijā strādā par 10 santīmiem ― an Afghan in Latvia works for 10 santīms (= cents)

   puštuni jeb etniskie afgāņi ir irāņu tauta, kura galvenokārt dzīvo Afganistānas dienvidos un austrumos ― the Pashtuns or ethnic Afghans are an Iranian people who live mostly in the south and east of Afghanistan

2. (genitive plural): Afghan, pertaining to Afghanistan and its people

   afgāņu bēgļi ― Afghan refugees

   pirmais angļu-afgāņu karš ― first Anglo-Afghan war

   afgāņu bērni ― Afghan children

   afgāņu mūzika ― Afghan music

The term puštuns is now preferred to afgānis, afgāniete as a more precise name for a member of the Pashtun people, since afgānis, afgāniete, like English Afghan, could in principle refer to a member of any of the ethnic groups from Afghanistan.

• puštuns

• afgānisks
• Afganistāna
• afgāņu valoda