أفغانستان

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اَفْغَانِسْتَان (afġānistān).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaf.ɣaː.nis.taːn/
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Proper noun

أَفْغَانِسْتَان • (ʔafḡānistānf

  1. Afghanistan (a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)

Declension

Declension of noun أَفْغَانِسْتَان (ʔafḡānistān)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal أَفْغَانِسْتَان
ʔafḡānistān
nominative أَفْغَانِسْتَانٌ
ʔafḡānistānun
accusative أَفْغَانِسْتَانًا
ʔafḡānistānan
genitive أَفْغَانِسْتَانٍ
ʔafḡānistānin

See also

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “أفغانستان”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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