Afghan

English

/ˈæfˌɡæn/

noun

Definitions

A person from Afghanistan or of Afghan descent.
A person of Pashtun ethnicity or of Pashtun descent.

Etymology

Derived from Persian افغان (Afghan) derived from Sanskrit अवगाण (Afghan).

Origin

Sanskrit

अवगाण

Gloss

Afghan

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Afghanisation English
Afghanise English
Afghanistan English
Afghanization English
Afghanize English
Afghanness English
afghanite English
Afganistán Spanish, Castilian
afghan Swedish
अवगाण Sanskrit
अश्वक Sanskrit
أفغان Arabic
أَفْغَان Arabic
اَفْغَان Arabic
afgano Esperanto
افغان Persian
افغانستان Persian
Afganistāna Latvian
afgānis Latvian
Afganistan Faroese
افغان Urdu
𐭠𐭡𐭢𐭠𐭭 Middle Persian
афган Kirghiz, Kyrgyz
افغان Pashto, Pushto