Ghazni
English
Alternative forms
- Ghazna, Ghuznee
Etymology
From Pashto and Persian غزنی (Ġazni). Compare Old Median *ganǰam (“treasure”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Proper noun
Ghazni
- A city, the capital of the province of Ghazni in eastern Afghanistan; the former capital of the Ghaznavid Empire.
- 2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 107:
- Tariq had told her that his parents were taking him south, to the city of Ghazni, to visit his paternal uncle.
- A province in eastern Afghanistan.
Synonyms
- Alexandria, Alexandria in Opiana, Alexandria Opiana, Jaguda, Ghaznain (historical)
Related terms
Translations
city in Afghanistan
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province of Afghanistan