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.
Meanings
(not-comparable) Of, from or relating to Afghanistan, its people, or its culture.
After the biggest military evacuation in history, the Biden administration will now resettle more than 60,000 Afghan refugees inside the US over the next several weeks. 2021 September 13, Priscilla Alvarez and Oren Liebermann, “Inside the effort to resettle thousands of Afghans in the United States”, in CNN:
(not-comparable) Of, from, or pertaining to the Pashtun ethnic community.
ko 아프가니스탄의 (pertaining to Afghanistan) · fi afganistanilainen (pertaining to Afghanistan) · cs afghánský (pertaining to Afghanistan) · af Afghaans (pertaining to Afghanistan) · ga Afganastánach (pertaining to Afghanistan) · tr Afgan (pertaining to Afghanistan) · eu afganistandar (pertaining to Afghanistan) · nb afghansk (pertaining to Afghanistan) · th อัฟกานิสถาน (pertaining to Afghanistan) · ka ავღანური (pertaining to Afghanistan) · fo afganskur (pertaining to Afghanistan) · lv afgāņu (pertaining to Pashtun) · ro afgan (pertaining to Pashtun) · hi अफ़्ग़ानी (pertaining to Pashtun) · de paschtunisch (pertaining to Pashtun) · mn афган (pertaining to Afghanistan) · ps افغاني (pertaining to Afghanistan) · sv afghansk (pertaining to Afghanistan) · az əfqan (pertaining to Afghanistan) · my အာဖဂန်နစ်စတန် (pertaining to Afghanistan) · pt afegão (pertaining to Afghanistan) · lt afganistanietiška (pertaining to Afghanistan) · id Afghanistan (pertaining to Afghanistan) · ast afganistanu (pertaining to Afghanistan) · bg афганиста́нски (pertaining to Afghanistan) · fi pataani- (pertaining to Pashtun) · et afgaani (pertaining to Afghanistan) · ms Afghanistan (pertaining to Afghanistan) · ru афга́нский (pertaining to Afghanistan) · lv afgāņu (pertaining to Afghanistan) · lt afganištanietiškas (pertaining to Afghanistan) · sh afganìstānskī (pertaining to Afghanistan) · la afghanicus (pertaining to Afghanistan) · tk owgan (pertaining to Afghanistan) · hu afgán (pertaining to Afghanistan) · lv puštunu (pertaining to Pashtun) · lv afgānisks (pertaining to Pashtun) · pl pasztuński (pertaining to Pashtun) · nn afghansk (pertaining to Afghanistan) · fr afghan (pertaining to Afghanistan) · kmr Efxanî (pertaining to Afghanistan) · tg афғонӣ (pertaining to Afghanistan) · ja アフガニスタンの (pertaining to Afghanistan) · vi Áp-ga-ni-xtan (pertaining to Afghanistan) · ky афган (pertaining to Afghanistan) · be афга́нскі (pertaining to Afghanistan) · he אַפְגָּנִי (pertaining to Afghanistan) · kk ауған (pertaining to Afghanistan) · cs afgánský (pertaining to Afghanistan) · nl Afghaans (pertaining to Afghanistan) · ia afghan (pertaining to Afghanistan) · uk афга́нський (pertaining to Afghanistan) · es afgano (pertaining to Afghanistan) · fa افغان (pertaining to Afghanistan) · ca afganès (pertaining to Afghanistan) · sl afganistanski (pertaining to Afghanistan) · lv afgānisks (pertaining to Afghanistan) · oc afgan (pertaining to Afghanistan) · gu અફઘાન (pertaining to Afghanistan) · sk afganský (pertaining to Afghanistan) · hi अफ़ग़ानी (pertaining to Afghanistan) · fi afgaani- (pertaining to Pashtun) · ur افغانی (pertaining to Afghanistan) · ug ئافغان (pertaining to Afghanistan) · el αφγανικός (pertaining to Afghanistan) · de afghanisch (pertaining to Afghanistan) · hi अफगानी (pertaining to Pashtun) · uz afgʻon (pertaining to Afghanistan) · nl Pathaans (pertaining to Pashtun) · hy աֆղանական (pertaining to Afghanistan) · hu afganisztáni (pertaining to Afghanistan) · km អាហ្វហ្គានីស្ថាន (pertaining to Afghanistan) · fa افغانی (pertaining to Afghanistan) · cmn 阿富汗的 (pertaining to Afghanistan) · nl Afghaans (pertaining to Pashtun) · mk авганиста́нски (pertaining to Afghanistan) · hi पठानी (pertaining to Pashtun) · pl afgański (pertaining to Afghanistan) · ro afgan (pertaining to Afghanistan) · it afghano (pertaining to Afghanistan) · sh афганѝста̄нскӣ (pertaining to Afghanistan) · bn আফগানি (pertaining to Afghanistan)
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.
Meanings
A native or inhabitant of Afghanistan; a person of Afghan citizenship or nationality and their descendants.
Four cases of measles – a highly contagious virus – have also been discovered among Afghans who recently arrived in the US, prompting the administration to temporarily pause flights of Afghan refugees to the US. 2021 September 13, Priscilla Alvarez and Oren Liebermann, “Inside the effort to resettle thousands of Afghans in the United States”, in CNN:
(dated) A person of Pashtun ethnicity.
Synonym of Afghan rug.
Synonym of Afghan Hound.
Synonym of Afghan coat.
(alt-of) Alternative letter-case form of afghan (“crocheted or knitted blanket or throw”)
fa افغان (person from Afghanistan) · sh Afganistánac (person from Afghanistan) · xbc αβαγανο (person from Afghanistan) · lv afgānis (person from Afghanistan) · th ชาวอัฟกานิสถาน (person from Afghanistan) · mt Afgana (person from Afghanistan) · ar أَفْغَانِيَّة (person of Pashtun ethnicity) · ro afgan (person from Afghanistan) · tg афғонӣ (person from Afghanistan) · mt Afgan (person from Afghanistan) · ru афга́нец (person from Afghanistan) · sh Àfgan (person from Afghanistan) · sh Afganìstānka (person from Afghanistan) · hi अफ़ग़ान (person of Pashtun ethnicity) · ru афга́нская борза́я (Afghan hound) · pl Afganka (person from Afghanistan) · kk ауған (person from Afghanistan) · pt afegão (person from Afghanistan) · ky афган (person from Afghanistan) · uk афга́нець (person from Afghanistan) · ko 아프가니스탄 사람 (person from Afghanistan) · sv afghan (person from Afghanistan) · ms anjing pemburu Afghan (Afghan hound) · nb afghaner (person from Afghanistan) · az əfqan (person from Afghanistan) · nn afghanar (person from Afghanistan) · el Αφγανή (person from Afghanistan) · el Αφγανός (person from Afghanistan) · gl afgán (person from Afghanistan) · ur افغان (person from Afghanistan) · ar أَفْغَانِيّ (person from Afghanistan) · es afgano (person from Afghanistan) · sh Àfgānka (person from Afghanistan) · nl afghaan (Afghan hound) · ps افغان (person from Afghanistan) · bg афганиста́нка (person from Afghanistan) · be афга́нец (person from Afghanistan) · ru пушту́н (person of Pashtun ethnicity) · gu અફઘાન (person from Afghanistan) · sw Mwafugani (person from Afghanistan) · de Afghane (Afghan hound) · sa अवगाण (person from Afghanistan) · ar قَنْدِيّ (person of Pashtun ethnicity) · mk Авганиста́нка (person from Afghanistan) · sh Àfgan (person of Pashtun ethnicity) · nl Afghaanse (person from Afghanistan) · fi afgaaninvinttikoira (Afghan hound) · sh Афганка (person of Pashtun ethnicity) · sh Afganìstānka (person of Pashtun ethnicity) · uk афга́нка (person from Afghanistan) · hi अफ़ग़ान (person from Afghanistan) · ia afghano (person from Afghanistan) · fi afgaani (Afghan hound) · da afghaner (Afghan hound) · sh Афганиста́нац (person from Afghanistan) · lv afgānis (person of Pashtun ethnicity) · lv afgāniete (person of Pashtun ethnicity) · hi पठान (person of Pashtun ethnicity) · sh Afganistánac (person of Pashtun ethnicity) · sh Àfgānka (person of Pashtun ethnicity) · de Paschtune (person of Pashtun ethnicity) · sh Афганиста́нка (person of Pashtun ethnicity) · hu afgán (person from Afghanistan) · lv afgāniete (person from Afghanistan) · tk owgan (person from Afghanistan) · eo afganino (person from Afghanistan) · fa افغانی (person from Afghanistan) · pl chart afgański (Afghan hound) · ota افغان (person from Afghanistan) · sq afgan (person from Afghanistan) · nl Afghaanse (person of Pashtun ethnicity) · mr अफगाण (person of Pashtun ethnicity) · sh Афганиста́нка (person from Afghanistan) · ug ئافغان (person from Afghanistan) · pl afgan (Afghan hound) · sa अवगाण (person of Pashtun ethnicity) · uz afgʻon (person from Afghanistan) · de Afghane (person from Afghanistan) · et afgaan (person from Afghanistan) · nl Afghaanse windhond (Afghan hound) · eu afganistandar (person from Afghanistan) · de Afghanin (person from Afghanistan) · ar أَفْغَانِيّ (person of Pashtun ethnicity) · fr Afghane (person from Afghanistan) · oge ავღანი (person from Afghanistan) · ko 아프가니스탄인 (person from Afghanistan) · tg афғон (person from Afghanistan) · tl Apgano (person from Afghanistan) · sv afghanska (person from Afghanistan) · sh Афган (person from Afghanistan) · eo afgano (person from Afghanistan) · gu અફઘાન (person of Pashtun ethnicity) · fr Afghan (person from Afghanistan) · bn আফগান (person from Afghanistan) · pl Pasztunka (person of Pashtun ethnicity) · kmr Afganî (person from Afghanistan) · ar قَنْدِيَّة (person of Pashtun ethnicity) · nb afghaner (Afghan hound) · ro afgan (Afghan hound) · af Afghaan (person from Afghanistan) · bg афганиста́нец (person from Afghanistan) · nl Afghaan (person from Afghanistan) · ar أَفْغَانِيَّة (person from Afghanistan) · ru пушту́нка (person of Pashtun ethnicity) · he אַפְגָּנִי (person from Afghanistan) · is Afgani (person from Afghanistan) · mk Авганиста́нец (person from Afghanistan) · it afghano (person from Afghanistan) · fa افغان (person of Pashtun ethnicity) · sl Afganistanka (person from Afghanistan) · ast afganistanu (person from Afghanistan) · ka ავღანელი (person from Afghanistan) · ca afganesa (person from Afghanistan) · et afganistanlane (person from Afghanistan) · de Paschtunin (person of Pashtun ethnicity) · es afgana (person from Afghanistan) · hy աֆղան (person from Afghanistan) · sh Афганка (person from Afghanistan) · pl Afganka (person of Pashtun ethnicity) · tr Afgan (person from Afghanistan) · fi pataani (person of Pashtun ethnicity) · sh Афган (person of Pashtun ethnicity) · sk Afganec (person from Afghanistan) · lt afganistanietė (person from Afghanistan) · ru афга́нка (person from Afghanistan) · da afghaner (person from Afghanistan) · lv puštuns (person of Pashtun ethnicity) · sk Afganka (person from Afghanistan) · pl Afgańczyk (person from Afghanistan) · ro afgană (person from Afghanistan) · fi afganistanilainen (person from Afghanistan) · vi người Áp-ga-ni-xtan (person from Afghanistan) · ca afganès (person from Afghanistan) · nl Pathaan (person of Pashtun ethnicity) · it afghana (person from Afghanistan) · pl Afgan (person of Pashtun ethnicity) · be афга́нка (person from Afghanistan) · nn afghanar (Afghan hound) · pl Pasztun (person of Pashtun ethnicity) · nl Pathaanse (person of Pashtun ethnicity) · lt afganistanietis (person from Afghanistan) · mr अफगाण (person from Afghanistan) · ja アフガニスタン人 (person from Afghanistan) · cs Afghánec (person from Afghanistan) · sl Afganistanec (person from Afghanistan) · nl Afghaan (person of Pashtun ethnicity) · ga Afganastánach (person from Afghanistan) · fi afgaani (person from Afghanistan) · cmn 阿富汗人 (person from Afghanistan) · haw ʻApekanikana (person from Afghanistan) · sh Афганиста́нац (person of Pashtun ethnicity) · pt afegã (person from Afghanistan) · fi afgaani (person of Pashtun ethnicity) · cs Afgánec (person from Afghanistan) · ja アフガン人 (person from Afghanistan)
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.
Meanings
Pashto, a language primarily spoken by Pashtun people in Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan.
(UK, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang) Clipping of Afghanistan.