Afganistāna

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Persian افغان (afġân, “Afghan”) or from Arabic اَفْغَان (afḡān, “Afghan”), and Persian ـستان (-estân), a common ending for country names. In Latvian, the word was made into a feminine, 4th-declension noun, following the general pattern for country names.

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Afganistāna f (4th declension)

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

   Synonym: Afganistānas Islāma Republika

   Afganistānas karogs ― the flag of Afghanistan

   Afganistāna ir valsts Centrālāzijas dienvidos ― Afghanistan is a country in the south of Central Asia