afgānis
Latvian
noun
Definitions
- a (male) Afghan, a man from Afghanistan or of Afghan descent
- (genitive plural): Afghan, pertaining to Afghanistan and its people
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian افغان (Afghan) derived from Sanskrit अश्वक (horseman).
Origin
Sanskrit
अश्वक
Gloss
horseman
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Afghan English
- Afghanistan English
- Afganistán Spanish, Castilian
- afghan Swedish
- अवगाण Sanskrit
- अश्वक Sanskrit
- أفغان Arabic
- أَفْغَان Arabic
- اَفْغَان Arabic
- afgano Esperanto
- افغان Persian
- افغانستان Persian
- Afganistāna Latvian
- afgāniete Latvian
- afgānisks Latvian
- Afganistan Faroese
- افغان Urdu
- 𐭠𐭡𐭢𐭠𐭭 Middle Persian
- афган Kirghiz, Kyrgyz
- افغان Pashto, Pushto