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Afghanistan en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /æfˈɡænɪstɑn/ (Canada, General-American)
• /æfˈɡænɪstɑːn/ (British, Received-Pronunciation, Southern, Standard)
• (US) audio
• [ɛfˈɡɛnəˌstɐːn] (New-Zealand)
• [æfˈɡɛənɪstɑn] (Canada, General-American) æ-raising
• /æfˈɡænəstɑːn/ weak vowel merger
• /æfˈɡænɪstæn/ (British, Received-Pronunciation, Southern, Standard)
• [æfˈɡænəˌstæn] (Australia)
• [afˈɡanɪˌstan] (British, Southern, Standard)
• /æfˈɡænəstæn/ weak vowel merger
• [æfˈɡænɪˌstɑːn] (Received-Pronunciation)
• [æfˈɡænɪˌstæn] (Received-Pronunciation)
• [æfˈɡɛənɪstɛən] (Canada, General-American) æ-raising
• (London) audio SSB
• /æfˈɡænɪstæn/ (Canada, General-American)
• [afˈɡanɪˌstɑːn] (British, Southern, Standard)
• [æfˈɡænəˌstɐːn] (Australia)
• [ɛfˈɡɛnəˌstɛn] (New-Zealand)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epóder. Proto-Indo-European *h₂épo Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hápa Proto-Iranian *Hápa Bactrian *apāka- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Bactrian *-āna Bactrian αβαγανο (abagano)der. Classical Persian افغان (afġān /afġân) Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *os Proto-Indo-Iranian *stáHnam Middle Persian -stʾn' Classical Persian ـستان (-istān /-estân) Classical Persian اَفْغَانِسْتَان (afġānistān)bor. English Afghanistan From Classical Persian اَفْغَانِسْتَان (afġānistān), from اَفْغَان (afġān, “Afghan”) + ـِسْتَان (-istān, “-istan: land of”), equivalent to Afghan + -istan.

Meanings

1. A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia. Official name: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Capital and largest city: Kabul.
   • This Timoor Shah is the ſon of the famous Ahmed Shah Abdalee, who was formerly in the ſervice of Nadir Shah, and upon the aſſaſſination of that monarch, ſeized the vaſl treaſures which had been depoſited in the Caſtle Herat, and carried them off into the mountains of Afghaniſtan, where his ſtandard was preſently joined by numbers of needy followers, and with this army he ſoon founded an independent kingdom to the eaſtward of Perſia. 1781 October 22, “From the Delhi Gazette, Calcutta”, in The Remembrancer; or, Impartial Repository of Public Events. For the Year 1782., part II, London: […] J[ohn] Debrett, […], published 1782, →OCLC, page 43, column 1:
   • Described by witnesses as a keen cricketer and pubgoer until contacts with Islamic militants radicalized him on a trip to Pakistan, he was ordered to serve at least 14 years for the plot, and for supplying militants in Afghanistan with money and equipment. 2008 February 19, John F[isher] Burns, “Britain: Life Sentence in Beheading Plot”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022:
   • I am now arranging, and endeavouring to render worthy of the notice of the public, a ſecond volume, which contains a relation of my journey from Kaſhmire to England, through Afghaniſtan, Perſia, and Ruſſia. 1790, George Forster, “Preface”, in A Journey from Bengal to England, through the Northern Part of India, Kashmire, Afghanistan, and Persia; and into Russia, by the Caspian Sea. […], volume I, Calcutta: […] Press of Cooper and Upjohn, →OCLC, page 5:
   • But Shahab ul dien Mahummud, brother to the Prince of Ghor, invaded the kingdom of Ghizni, which he conquered, and not ſatisfied with that, marched an army into Hindoſtan, overrunning Piſhawir, Afghaniſtan, Moultan and Sind. 1768, Mahummud Casim Ferishta, translated by Alexander Dow, “The Reign of Chusero Malleck, ben Chusero Shaw”, in The History of Hindostan; from the Earliest Account of Time, to the Death of Akbar; […], volume I, London: […] T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, […], →OCLC, page 141:

Forms

Deriveds

Sublime State of Afghanistan · Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan · Democratic Republic of Afghanistan · Afghanistani · Islamic Republic of Afghanistan · Kingdom of Afghanistan · Afghanistanism · Emirate of Afghanistan

Descendants

AF · Afeganistão · Afghanistan · Afganistán · ʻApekanikana · AFG

Hypernyms

Central Asia

Relateds

Afghani · Afghan · Afghanistani · Afghania

Synonyms

Graveyard of Empires

Translations (230)

br Afghanistan (country) · nrf Afghanistan (country) · olo Afganistuanu (country) · mk Авганиста́н (country) · he אַפְגָּנִיסְטָן (country) · mai अफगानिस्तान (country) · de Afghanistan (country) · ro Afganistan (country) · lrc أفغانستان (country) · pam Afghanistan (country) · bua Афганистан (country) · os Афгъанистан (country) · kab Afɣanistan (country) · sw Afuganistani (country) · mnc ᠠᡳ᠌᠇ᡠ᠌ᡥᠠᠨ (country) · ug Авғанстан (country) · li Afganistan (country) · ext Afganistán (country) · kmr Efxanistan (country) · fo Afganistan (country) · kpv Афганистан (country) · my အာဖဂန်နစ်စတန် (country) · zza Efğanıstan (diq) (country) · udm Афганистан (country) · yi אַפֿגאַניסטאַן (country) · sh Avganìstān (country) · tk Owganystan (country) · nds Afghanistan (country) · koi Афганистан (country) · id Afghanistan (country) · el Αφγανιστάν (country) · haw ʻApekanikana (country) · uk Афґаніста́н (country) · sh Авганѝста̄н (country) · wo Afganistaan (country) · ast Afganistán (country) · sh Afganìstān (country) · aii ܐܲܦ̮ܓ݂ܵܢܸܣܛܵܢ (country) · bo ཨ་ཧྥུའུ་རྒན་སི་ཐན (country) · az Әфганыстан (country) · th อัฟกานิสถาน (country) · mi Āwhekenetāna (country) · sq Afganistani (country) · min Afganistan (country) · ky Афганстан (country) · be Афганіста́н (country) · tr Afganistan (country) · eo Afganistano (country) · xmf ავღანეთი (country) · luy Afganistan (country) · af Afghanistan (country) · sw Afghanistan (country) · fa اَفْغانِسْتان (country) · et Afganistan (country) · gv Yn Afghanistaan (country) · is Afganistan (country) · to ʻAfikānisitani (country) · cs Afghánistán (country) · gd Afganastan (country) · ha Afaganistan (country) · hy Աֆղանստան (country) · fi Afganistan (country) · ca l’Afganistan (country) · sgs Afganėstans (country) · myv Афганистан (country) · sh Афганѝста̄н (country) · pt Afeganistão (country) · as আফগানিস্তান (country) · ky Ооганстан (country) · yue 阿富汗 (country) · ky Афганистан (country) · io Afganistan (country) · am አፍጋኒስታን (country) · ta ஆப்கானிஸ்தான் (country) · ru Афганиста́н (country) · chr ᎠᏫᎨᏂᏍᏖᏂ (country) · lad Afganistan (country) · bpy আফগানিস্তান (country) · gag Afganistan (country) · fa اَفْغَانِسْتَان (country) · tet Afeganistaun (country) · wuu 阿富汗 (country) · zu I-Afganistani (country) · dz ཨཕ་ག་ནིསི་ཏཱན་ (country) · mn ᠠᠹᠭᠠᠨᠢᠰᠲ᠋ᠠᠨ (country) · sk Afganistan (country) · nb Afghanistan (country) · aln Afghanistan (country) · lb Afghanistan (country) · la Afgania (country) · ttt Əfqanestan (country) · pms Afgànistan (country) · mer Afganistan (country) · tk Овганыстан (country) · hi अफगानिस्तान (country) · ka ავღანეთი (country) · ht Afganistan (country) · eo Afganujo (country) · uz Afgʻoniston (country) · gur Afɣanistã (country) · nl Afghanistan (country) · uz Афғонистон (country) · hak 阿富汗 (country) · csb Afganistón (country) · pl Afganistan (country) · luo Afganistan (country) · cdo 阿富汗 (country) · ab Афӷанисҭан (country) · km អាហ្វហ្គានីស្ថាន (country) · so Afgaanistan (country) · ki Afganistan (country) · vi A Phú Hãn (country) · szl Afganistan (country) · gu અફગાનિસ્તાન (country) · pdc Afganischtaan (country) · mg Afganistana (country) · it Afghanistan (country) · kn ಅಫ್ಘಾನಿಸ್ತಾನ (country) · kw Afghanistan (country) · ce Овгӏан (country) · cy Affganistan (country) · lo ອາຟະການິດສະຖານ (country) · jv Afganistan (country) · qu Afgansuyu (country) · hi अफ़्ग़ानिस्तान (country) · fa اَفْغَانِسْتَان (country) · tt Әфганстан (country) · ug ئافغانىستان (country) · zh 愛烏罕 /爱乌罕 (country) · kam Afganistan (country) · nn Afghanistan (country) · sl Afgánistan (country) · es Afganistán (country) · ab Афӷантәыла (country) · rw Afuganisitani (country) · zh 阿富汗 (country) · ln Afganistáni (country) · ms Afghanistan (country) · krc Афганистан (country) · ga An Afganastáin (country) · be Аўганіста́н (country) · mt Afganistan (country) · ady Афганистан (country) · vo Lafganistän (country) · eu Afganistan (country) · pa افغانستان (country) · ba Афғанстан (country) · kok अफगाणिस्तान (country) · ur اَفْغانِسْتان (country) · da Afghanistan (country) · or ଆଫଗାନିସ୍ତାନ (country) · ota افغانستان (country) · brh Aoģánistán (country) · it Afganistan (country) · ilo Apganistan (country) · ckb ئەفغانستان (country) · xal Апганмудин (country) · cs Afgánistán (country) · ia Afghanistan (country) · pa ਅਫ਼ਗ਼ਾਨਿਸਤਾਨ (country) · ko 아프가니스탄 (country) · ceb Apganistan (country) · az Əfqanıstan (country) · vi Áp-ga-ni-xtan (country) · zh 阿富汗 (country) · bg Афганиста́н (country) · vec Afganistan (country) · si ඇෆ්ගනිස්තානය (country) · fur Afghanistan (country) · te ఆఫ్ఘనిస్తాన్ (country) · it Afgania (country) · lt Afganistanas (country) · kbp Afganistani (country) · ceb Afghanistan (country) · oc Afganistan (country) · mn Афганистан (country) · vep Afganistan (country) · kk Ауғанстан (country) · tly Əfqanıston (country) · aa Afgaanistan (country) · an Afganistán (country) · rue Афґаніста́н (country) · hu Afganisztán (country) · gl Afganistán (country) · sq Afganistan (country) · bn আফগানিস্তান (country) · sv Afghanistan (country) · crh Afğanistan (country) · ps افغانستان (country) · scn Afganistàn (country) · sat ᱟᱯᱷᱜᱟᱱᱤᱥᱛᱟᱱ (country) · war Afganistan (country) · lez Афганистан (country) · mzn افخانستون (country) · tg Афғонистон (country) · ar أَفْغَانِسْتَان (country) · tl Apganistan (country) · nah Afganistān (country) · uk Афганіста́н (country) · lo ອັບຟາການິດສະຖານ (country) · ja アフガニスタン (country) · gug Ahyganitã (country) · de Afganischtan (country) · sa अफगानस्थान (country) · su Apganistan (country) · bsh Āfǧoniston (country) · vro Afganistan (country) · frp Afganistan (country) · kln Afganistan (country) · na Afganistan (country) · fy Afganistan (country) · lv Afganistāna (country) · ml അഫ്ഗാനിസ്ഥാന് (country) · se Afghanistan (country) · eo Afganio (country) · kbd Афганистэн (country) · fr Afghanistan (country) · ta ஆஃப்கானிஸ்தான் (country) · ha Afganistan (country) · za Ahfuhan (country) · la Ariana (country) · ab Афганистан (country) · dty अफगानिस्तान (country) · ne अफगानिस्तान (country) · mr अफगाणिस्तान (country) · lo ອັຟການິດສະຖານ (country) · dv އަފްޣާނިސްތާން (country) · cv Афганистан (country) · ru Афга́н (country) · ja アフガン (country)

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