افغان

Meanings

1. Afghan
2. Afghan (person)
3. Afghan, a citizen of Afghanistan
4. Afghan, of or pertaining to Afghanistan, resident of Afghanistan (also Afghani)
5. The name of a powerful nation inhabiting Afg̠ẖānistān, supposed to be the descendants of the Lost Tribes
6. An Afg̠ẖān
7. The name of the grandson of Malik Tālūt (Saul), king of Israel, from whom the Afg̠ẖāns, called also Afg̠ẖānah, claim descent. According to the Taẓkirat-ul-Mulūk, "the original meaning of the word Afg̠ẖānah is fig̠ẖān, a Persian word, which means complaint or lamentation, because Malik Afg̠ẖān, the ancestor of the Afg̠ẖāns, was a cause of lamentation to the devil, the jinns, and mankind. From the constant use of the word, the vowel-point (ــِــ) kasrah was dropped, after which the other letters could not be sounded without the aid of a vowel, and alif-i-waṣl was placed before the g̠ẖ, and…

Pashto definitions

1. پښتون، جمع افغانان
2. افغانستان اوسيدونکی
3. پښتون
4. د افغانستان اوسېدونکی : د افغان په ننګ مې وتړله توره - ننګيالی د زمانې خوشحال خټک يم (خ. خ.)
5. فریاد، آه، اقسوس

Examples

• افغان اولس

  the Afghan people

Forms

plural

افغانانafγānā́n

plural-a

افاغنهafāγiná

singular

افغانafǧān

oblique singular

افغانafǧān

oblique plural

افغانانوafǧānâno

singular vocative

افغانهafǧāna

plural vocative

افغانانوafǧānâno

Phrases

• افغانيafg̠ẖānī

  The language of the Afg̠ẖāns, the Puś̱ẖto, or Puḵ́ẖto. 2. adj. Of the Afg̠ẖāns, relating to the Afg̠ẖāns