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afghani en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /æfˈɡɑːni/
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Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian افغانی (afġānī), derivative of افغان (afġān).

Meanings

1. The monetary currency of Afghanistan, divided into 100 pul.
   • Laila hoped to have a thousand afghanis or more stowed away, half of which would go to the bus fare from Kabul to Peshawar. 2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018), page 241:

Forms

Translations (28)

el αφγάνι (national currency of Afghanistan) · ky афгани (national currency of Afghanistan) · uz afgʻoni (national currency of Afghanistan) · tg афғонӣ (national currency of Afghanistan) · fa-ira افغانی (national currency of Afghanistan) · ur افغانی (national currency of Afghanistan) · ka ავღანი (national currency of Afghanistan) · pl afgani (national currency of Afghanistan) · cmn 阿富汗尼 (national currency of Afghanistan) · pt afegâni (national currency of Afghanistan) · ps افغانۍ (national currency of Afghanistan) · ja アフガニ (national currency of Afghanistan) · it afghani (national currency of Afghanistan) · tr afgani (national currency of Afghanistan) · es afgani (national currency of Afghanistan) · ar أَفْغَانِيّ (national currency of Afghanistan) · az əfqani (national currency of Afghanistan) · ru афга́ни (national currency of Afghanistan) · hy աֆղանի (national currency of Afghanistan) · uk афга́ні (national currency of Afghanistan) · prs افغانی (national currency of Afghanistan) · kk ауғани (national currency of Afghanistan) · fi afgaani (national currency of Afghanistan) · hi अफ़ग़ानी (national currency of Afghanistan) · pt afegane (national currency of Afghanistan) · ko 아프가니 (national currency of Afghanistan) · be афга́ні (national currency of Afghanistan) · ms afghani (national currency of Afghanistan)