Afghan

Synonyms for "afghan" (59 found)

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Closest matches (12)

Adjective(1 words)
afghani

Strong matches (18)

Adjective(1 words)
afghanistani

Related words (29)

Proper Noun(2 words)
pashtopashtun

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

9 entries

Synonyms

6 entries

Related terms

2 entries

capable of

1 entries

derived

12 entries

has context

4 entries

is a

4 entries

related to

14 entries

Translations

269 translations across 78 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • Afghaans adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • Afghaan noun (person from Afghanistan)

Albanian

1 entries
  • afgan noun (person from Afghanistan)

Arabic

4 entries
  • أَفْغَانِيَّة noun (person from Afghanistan)
  • أَفْغَانِيَّة noun (person of Pashtun ethnicity)
  • أَفْغَانِيّ noun (person from Afghanistan)
  • أَفْغَانِيّ noun (person of Pashtun ethnicity)

Armenian

3 entries
  • աֆղանական adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • աֆղաներեն name (Pashto language)
  • աֆղան noun (person from Afghanistan)

Asturian

2 entries
  • afganistanu adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • afganistanu noun (person from Afghanistan)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • əfqan adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • əfqan noun (person from Afghanistan)

Bactrian

1 entries
  • αβαγανο noun (person from Afghanistan)

Basque

2 entries
  • afganistandar adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • afganistandar noun (person from Afghanistan)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • афга́нскі adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • афга́нец noun (person from Afghanistan)
  • афга́нка noun (person from Afghanistan)

Bengali

2 entries
  • আফগানি adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • আফগান noun (person from Afghanistan)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • афганиста́нски adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • афганиста́нец noun (person from Afghanistan)
  • афганиста́нка noun (person from Afghanistan)

Burmese

1 entries
  • အာဖဂန်နစ်စတန် adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)

Catalan

3 entries
  • afganès adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • afganesa noun (person from Afghanistan)
  • afganès noun (person from Afghanistan)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 阿富汗的 adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • 阿富汗人 noun (person from Afghanistan)

Czech

4 entries
  • afghánský adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • afgánský adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • Afghánec noun (person from Afghanistan)
  • Afgánec noun (person from Afghanistan)

Danish

2 entries
  • afghaner noun (person from Afghanistan)
  • afghaner noun (Afghan hound)

Dutch

4 entries
  • Afghaans adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • Afghaans adj (pertaining to Pashtun)
  • Pathaans adj (pertaining to Pashtun)
  • Afghaans name (Pashto language)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • afganino noun (person from Afghanistan)
  • afgano noun (person from Afghanistan)

Estonian

3 entries
  • afgaani adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • afgaan noun (person from Afghanistan)
  • afganistanlane noun (person from Afghanistan)

Faroese

1 entries
  • afganskur adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)

Finnish

4 entries
  • afgaani adj (pertaining to Pashtun)
  • afganistanilainen adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • pataani adj (pertaining to Pashtun)
  • afgaani name (Pashto language)

French

3 entries
  • afghan adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • Afghan noun (person from Afghanistan)
  • Afghane noun (person from Afghanistan)

Galician

1 entries
  • afgán noun (person from Afghanistan)

Georgian

2 entries
  • ავღანური adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • ავღანელი noun (person from Afghanistan)

German

4 entries
  • afghanisch adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • paschtunisch adj (pertaining to Pashtun)
  • Afghanisch name (Pashto language)
  • Afghane noun (person from Afghanistan)

Greek

4 entries
  • αφγανικός adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • αφγανιστανός name (Pashto language)
  • Αφγανή noun (person from Afghanistan)
  • Αφγανός noun (person from Afghanistan)

Gujarati

3 entries
  • અફઘાન adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • અફઘાન noun (person from Afghanistan)
  • અફઘાન noun (person of Pashtun ethnicity)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • ʻApekanikana noun (person from Afghanistan)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • אַפְגָּנִי adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • אַפְגָּנִי noun (person from Afghanistan)

Hindi

4 entries
  • अफगानी adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • अफगानी adj (pertaining to Pashtun)
  • अफ़्ग़ानी adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • अफ़्ग़ानी adj (pertaining to Pashtun)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • afganisztáni adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • afgán adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • afgán name (Pashto language)
  • afgán noun (person from Afghanistan)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • Afgani noun (person from Afghanistan)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • Afghanistan adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)

Interlingua

3 entries
  • afghan adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • afghano name (Pashto language)
  • afghano noun (person from Afghanistan)

Irish

2 entries
  • Afganastánach adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • Afganastánach noun (person from Afghanistan)

Italian

4 entries
  • afghano adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • afghano name (Pashto language)
  • afghana noun (person from Afghanistan)
  • afghano noun (person from Afghanistan)

Japanese

4 entries
  • アフガニスタンの adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • アフガニスタン語 name (Pashto language)
  • アフガニスタン人 noun (person from Afghanistan)
  • アフガン人 noun (person from Afghanistan)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • ауған adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • ауған noun (person from Afghanistan)

Khmer

1 entries
  • អាហ្វហ្គានីស្ថាន adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)

Korean

3 entries
  • 아프가니스탄의 adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • 아프가니스탄 사람 noun (person from Afghanistan)
  • 아프가니스탄인 noun (person from Afghanistan)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • афган adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • афган noun (person from Afghanistan)

Latin

1 entries
  • afghanicus adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)

Latvian

4 entries
  • afgānisks adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • afgānisks adj (pertaining to Pashtun)
  • afgāņu adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • afgāņu adj (pertaining to Pashtun)

Lithuanian

4 entries
  • afganistanietiška adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • afganištanietiškas adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • afganistaniečių name (Pashto language)
  • afganistanietis noun (person from Afghanistan)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • авганиста́нски adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • Авганиста́нец noun (person from Afghanistan)
  • Авганиста́нка noun (person from Afghanistan)

Malay

2 entries
  • Afghanistan adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • anjing pemburu Afghan noun (Afghan hound)

Maltese

3 entries
  • L-Afgan name (Pashto language)
  • Afgan noun (person from Afghanistan)
  • Afgana noun (person from Afghanistan)

Marathi

2 entries
  • अफगाण noun (person from Afghanistan)
  • अफगाण noun (person of Pashtun ethnicity)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • афган adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • Efxanî adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • Afganî noun (person from Afghanistan)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • afghansk adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • afghansk name (Pashto language)
  • afghaner noun (person from Afghanistan)
  • afghaner noun (Afghan hound)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries
  • afghansk adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • afghansk name (Pashto language)
  • afghanar noun (person from Afghanistan)
  • afghanar noun (Afghan hound)

Occitan

1 entries
  • afgan adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)

Old Georgian

1 entries
  • ავღანი noun (person from Afghanistan)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • افغان noun (person from Afghanistan)

Pashto

2 entries
  • افغاني adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • افغان noun (person from Afghanistan)

Persian

4 entries
  • افغان adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • افغانی adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • افغانی name (Pashto language)
  • افغان noun (person from Afghanistan)

Polish

4 entries
  • afgański adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • pasztuński adj (pertaining to Pashtun)
  • afgański (język) name (Pashto language)
  • paszto (język) name (Pashto language)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • afegão adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • afegão name (Pashto language)
  • afegã noun (person from Afghanistan)
  • afegão noun (person from Afghanistan)

Romanian

4 entries
  • afgan adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • afgan adj (pertaining to Pashtun)
  • afgană name (Pashto language)
  • afgan noun (person from Afghanistan)

Russian

4 entries
  • афга́нский adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • афга́нский name (Pashto language)
  • афга́нец noun (person from Afghanistan)
  • афга́нка noun (person from Afghanistan)

Sanskrit

2 entries
  • अवगाण noun (person from Afghanistan)
  • अवगाण noun (person of Pashtun ethnicity)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • afganìstānskī adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • афганѝста̄нскӣ adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • Afganistánac noun (person from Afghanistan)
  • Afganistánac noun (person of Pashtun ethnicity)

Slovak

3 entries
  • afganský adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • Afganec noun (person from Afghanistan)
  • Afganka noun (person from Afghanistan)

Slovene

3 entries
  • afganistanski adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • Afganistanec noun (person from Afghanistan)
  • Afganistanka noun (person from Afghanistan)

Spanish

3 entries
  • afgano adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • afgana noun (person from Afghanistan)
  • afgano noun (person from Afghanistan)

Swahili

1 entries
  • Mwafugani noun (person from Afghanistan)

Swedish

4 entries
  • afghansk adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • afghanska name (Pashto language)
  • afghan noun (person from Afghanistan)
  • afghanska noun (person from Afghanistan)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • Apgano noun (person from Afghanistan)

Tajik

3 entries
  • афғонӣ adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • афғон noun (person from Afghanistan)
  • афғонӣ noun (person from Afghanistan)

Thai

2 entries
  • อัฟกานิสถาน adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • ชาวอัฟกานิสถาน noun (person from Afghanistan)

Turkish

4 entries
  • Afgan adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • Afganca name (Pashto language)
  • Peştuca name (Pashto language)
  • Afgan noun (person from Afghanistan)

Turkmen

2 entries
  • owgan adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • owgan noun (person from Afghanistan)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • афга́нський adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • афга́нець noun (person from Afghanistan)
  • афга́нка noun (person from Afghanistan)

Urdu

2 entries
  • افغانی adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • افغان noun (person from Afghanistan)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • ئافغان adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • ئافغان noun (person from Afghanistan)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • afgʻon adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • afgʻon noun (person from Afghanistan)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • Áp-ga-ni-xtan adj (pertaining to Afghanistan)
  • người Áp-ga-ni-xtan noun (person from Afghanistan)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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Afghan democracy needs to be preserved even with nuclear bombs.

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An Afghan is a citizen of Afghanistan.

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Over 200 Afghan diplomats seek political asylum abroad.

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Sarah is an Afghan citizen.

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