afegão
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian افغان (afġân).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.feˈɡɐ̃w̃/ [a.feˈɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.fɨˈɡɐ̃w̃/ [ɐ.fɨˈɣɐ̃w̃]
- Hyphenation: a‧fe‧gão
Adjective
afegão (feminine afegã, masculine plural afegãos, feminine plural afegãs, not comparable)
- Afghan (of, from or relating to Afghanistan)
Derived terms
Noun
afegão m (plural afegãos, feminine afegã, feminine plural afegãs)
- Afghan (native or inhabitant of Afghanistan) (usually male)
- synonym of pastó (“the Pashto language”)
Related terms
- Afeganistão (“Afghanistan”)
Further reading
- “afegão”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2025
- “afegão”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “afegão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025