અફઘાન

Gujarati

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian اَفْغَان (afġān), from Bactrian αβαγανο (abagano, literally people from a distant land).

Adjective

અફઘાન • (aphghān) (indeclinable)

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Afghanistan.

Noun

અફઘાન • (aphghānm

  1. Afghan; a person from Afghanistan
  2. (historical) Pashtun
    Synonym: પઠાણ (paṭhāṇ)
  3. (historical, loosely) Kabuli
    Synonym: કાબૂલી (kābūlī)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian اَفْغَان (afġān), from Sogdian [script needed] (ʾβγʾn /⁠əfɣaːn⁠/).

Interjection

અફઘાન • (aphghān) (rare)

  1. alas
  2. oh