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- 1 Of, from or relating to Afghanistan, its people, or its culture. not-comparable
"After the biggest military evacuation in history, the Biden administration will now resettle more than 60,000 Afghan refugees inside the US over the next several weeks."
- 2 Of, from, or pertaining to the Pashtun ethnic community. not-comparable
- 1 of or relating to or characteristic of Afghanistan or its people wordnet
- 1 Pashto, a language primarily spoken by Pashtun people in Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan.
- 2 Clipping of Afghanistan. UK, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang
"He will be in Afghan for another six months."
- 1 A native or inhabitant of Afghanistan; a person of Afghan citizenship, nationality, or ancestry.
"Four cases of measles – a highly contagious virus – have also been discovered among Afghans who recently arrived in the US, prompting the administration to temporarily pause flights of Afghan refugees to the US."
- 2 A blanket or throw, usually crocheted or knitted.
- 3 tall graceful breed of hound with a long silky coat; native to the Near East wordnet
- 4 A person of Pashtun ethnicity. historical
- 5 A type of iced chocolate biscuit, sometimes containing cornflakes and topped with a walnut. Australia, New-Zealand
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- 6 a blanket knitted or crocheted in strips or squares; sometimes used as a shawl wordnet
- 7 Synonym of Afghan rug.
- 8 a coat made of sheepskin wordnet
- 9 Synonym of Afghan Hound.
- 10 an Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan; the official language of Afghanistan wordnet
- 11 Synonym of Afghan coat.
- 12 a native or inhabitant of Afghanistan wordnet
- 13 Alternative letter-case form of afghan (“crocheted or knitted blanket or throw”) alt-of
- 14 Alternative letter-case form of afghan (“type of iced chocolate biscuit”) New-Zealand, alt-of
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian افغان (afġān, “Afghan”), from Bactrian αβαγανο (abagano), first attested in the fourth century CE, most likely a compound of *apāka- (“distant, faraway”), from Proto-Iranian *Hápa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hápa (“away”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó + *-āna (“ethnic group”), from Proto-Indo-European *-nós, thus: "people from a distant land". Various scholars have proposed Sanskrit etymologies since the nineteenth century (especially prior to the 2007 publication of earlier Bactrian attestations for the word), but linguist Johnny Cheung notes that these are "extremely difficult to reconcile" with recent evidence pointing to a Bactrian source.
Borrowed from Classical Persian افغان (afġān, “Afghan”), from Bactrian αβαγανο (abagano), first attested in the fourth century CE, most likely a compound of *apāka- (“distant, faraway”), from Proto-Iranian *Hápa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hápa (“away”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó + *-āna (“ethnic group”), from Proto-Indo-European *-nós, thus: "people from a distant land". Various scholars have proposed Sanskrit etymologies since the nineteenth century (especially prior to the 2007 publication of earlier Bactrian attestations for the word), but linguist Johnny Cheung notes that these are "extremely difficult to reconcile" with recent evidence pointing to a Bactrian source.
Borrowed from Classical Persian افغان (afġān, “Afghan”), from Bactrian αβαγανο (abagano), first attested in the fourth century CE, most likely a compound of *apāka- (“distant, faraway”), from Proto-Iranian *Hápa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hápa (“away”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó + *-āna (“ethnic group”), from Proto-Indo-European *-nós, thus: "people from a distant land". Various scholars have proposed Sanskrit etymologies since the nineteenth century (especially prior to the 2007 publication of earlier Bactrian attestations for the word), but linguist Johnny Cheung notes that these are "extremely difficult to reconcile" with recent evidence pointing to a Bactrian source.
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