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Etymology

Afghan is believed by many modern Indic scholars to have been derived from a Sanskrit term Ashvakan (“‘horseman’”) though, some people claim its origin from the Turkic word Avagan (“‘Original’”) or else from the Latin word Alban (“‘mountaineers’”); + Persian suffix -stan (“‘land’”). cf Persian فغانستان (Afghanistan), “‘land of Afghans’”)

See: Wikipedia article on Etymology of Afghanistan. Also see: [1]

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Proper noun

Afghanistan

  1. A landlocked country in Central Asia. Official name: Afghanistan. Capital: Kabul. Official languages: Persian (Dari), Pashto.

Related terms

Afghan, Afghani

See also

Dutch

Proper noun

Afghanistan

  1. Afghanistan.

German

German Wikipedia has an article on: Afghanistan

Wikipedia de

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Proper noun

Afghanistan n.

  1. Afghanistan

Derived terms

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on: Afghanistan

Wikipedia it

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Proper noun

Afghanistan m.

  1. Afghanistan

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Norwegian

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Afghanistan

  1. Afghanistan.

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Swedish

Proper noun

Afghanistan

  1. Afghanistan.

 

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