افغان

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See also: أفغان

Ottoman Turkish

Noun

افغان • (Afgan)

  1. Afghan

Adjective

افغان • (Afgan)

  1. Afghan

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اَفْغَان (afğān).

Pronunciation

Noun

افغان • (afǧān) m

  1. Afghan

Declension

declension of افغان
singular plural
direct افغان
(afǧān) 		افغانان
(afǧānân)
oblique افغان
(afǧān) 		افغانانو
(afǧānâno)
vocative افغانه
(afǧāna) 		افغانانو
(afǧānâno)

Persian

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? afğān
Dari reading? afğān
Iranian reading? afğân
Tajik reading? afġon

Etymology 1

Derived from Bactrian αβαγανο (abagano), first attested in the fourth century CE, most likely a compound of *apāka- (“distant, faraway”) + (-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

افغان • (afğân) (plural افغان‌ها (afğân-hâ) or افاغنه (afâğene))

  1. Afghan (a person from Afghanistan)
  2. (historical) Pashtun (a person of Pashtun ethnicity)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Derived from Sogdian (ʾβγʾn /⁠əfɣaːn⁠/). Cognate with Middle Persian ʾbxwʾn- (abxwān-, “to call, cry”).

Alternative forms

Interjection

Dari افغان
Iranian Persian
Tajik афғон

افغان • (afğân)

  1. alas
  2. oh

Noun

افغان • (afğân)

  1. lamentation, cry
    Synonyms: زاری (zâri), فریاد (faryâd)
Derived terms

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

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Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian افغان (afğān).

Pronunciation

Noun

اَفْغان • (afġān) m (Hindi spelling अफ़्ग़ान)

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

References

  • “افغان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “افغان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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