What does "kabuli" mean?

A native or inhabitant of the city of Kabul, capital of Afghanistan.

What is a synonym for "kabuli"?

Common synonyms include: kabulese, kabulese.

Pronounced //ˈkɑːbə(ˌ)li//.

//ˈkɑːbə(ˌ)li// adj, noun

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Noun

1
A native or inhabitant of the city of Kabul, capital of Afghanistan.
"But they are physically no match for the Kabulis and every Kabuli considers himself more than a match for any number of travellers from the plains."
2
A particular variety of cultivated chickpea.
"The availability of a large number of resistant lines in desi and kabuli background should help breeders develop resistant and high-yielding cultivars. It was earlier believed that kabulis lack resistant genes to ascochyta blight but screening a large collection revealed many lines having a high level of resistance."

Adjective

1
Of, from or relating to the city of Kabul, capital of Afghanistan. not-comparable

"But they are physically no match for the Kabulis and every Kabuli considers himself more than a match for any number of travellers from the plains."

From Kabul + -i, or directly from Persian کابلی (“Kabuli”).

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