افغان

See also: أفغان‎

Ottoman Turkish

Noun

افغان • (Afgan)

  1. Afghan

Adjective

افغان • (Afgan)

  1. Afghan

Pashto

Etymology

From Persian افغان‎ (afğân).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /afɣɑn/

Noun

افغان • (afǧân) m

  1. Afghan

Declension
declension of افغان
singular plural
direct افغان
(afǧân)		 افغانان‎
(afǧânân)
oblique افغان
(afǧân)		 افغانانو‎
(afǧânâno)
vocative افغانه‎
(afǧâna)		 افغانانو‎
(afǧânâno)

Persian

Pronunciation
  • (Dari): IPA(key): /afɣɒːn/

Etymology 1

From Bactrian αβαγανο (abagano), first attested in the fourth century CE, most likely a compound of *apāka- (“distant, faraway”) + [script needed] (-āna, “ethnic group”): "people from a distant land". The /b/ > /f/ shift represents a phonetic peculiarity of the Early New Persian dialect of Khorasan.[1]

Noun
Dari افغان
Iranian Persian
Tajik афғон (afġon)

افغان • (afğân) (plural افغان‌ها‎ (afğân-hâ))

  1. Afghan
  2. Pashtun
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Sogdian [script needed] (ʾβγʾn /əfɣaːn/). Compare Middle Persian ʾbxwʾn- (abxwān-, “to call, cry”).

Alternative forms
  • فغان‎ (fağân)

Interjection
Dari افغان
Iranian Persian
Tajik афғон (afġon)

افغان • (afğân)

  1. alas
  2. oh

Noun

افغان • (afğân)

  1. lamentation, cry
    Synonyms: زاری‎ (zâri), فریاد‎ (faryâd)
Derived terms
  • افغان برآوردن‎ (afğân bar-âvardan)
  • افغان برداشتن‎ (afğân bar-dâštan)
  • افغان برکشیدن‎ (afğân bar-kešidan)
  • افغان کردن‎ (afğân kardan)

References
  1. Johnny Cheung (2017), “On the Origin of the Terms "Afghan" & "Pashtun" (Again)”, in Enrico Morano, Elio Provasi & Adriano V. Rossi, editors, Studia Philologica Iranica: Gherardo Gnoli Memorial Volume, Rome, Italy: Scienze e Lettere, →ISBN, pages 31—51

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian افغان‎ (afğān).

Pronunciation

Noun

اَفْغان • (afġān) m (Hindi spelling अफ़्ग़ान)

  1. Afghan; a person from Afghanistan
  2. (historical) a person of Pashtun ethnicity
    Synonym: پَٹھان‎ (paṭhān)

References
  • “افغان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “افغان”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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