Afghanistan
English
/æfˈɡæn.ɪˌstæn/
proper noun
Definitions
- A landlocked country in between Central Asia and South Asia. Official name: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian افغان (Afghan) borrowed from Arabic أَفْغَان (Afghan) derived from Persian ـستان (place of, place, -stan).
Origin
Persian
ـستان
Gloss
place of, place, -stan
Concept
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Person/Thing
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Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Afghan English
- Afghanistani English
- Afghanistanism English
- Afganistán Spanish, Castilian
- -istão Portuguese
- afghan Swedish
- अवगाण Sanskrit
- अश्वक Sanskrit
- أفغان Arabic
- أَفْغَان Arabic
- اَفْغَان Arabic
- afgano Esperanto
- افغان Persian
- افغانستان Persian
- انگلستان Persian
- بیمارستان Persian
- تیمارستان Persian
- دهستان Persian
- ـستان Persian
- قبرستان Persian
- لهستان Persian
- هندوستان Persian
- گلستان Persian
- گورستان Persian
- Afganistāna Latvian
- afgānis Latvian
- Afganistan Faroese
- 斯坦 Chinese
- افغان Urdu
- پاکستان Urdu
- -stʾn' Middle Persian
- 𐭠𐭡𐭢𐭠𐭭 Middle Persian
- афган Kirghiz, Kyrgyz
- Türkmenistan Turkmen
- افغان Pashto, Pushto