afghan

See also: Afghan

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈæfˌɡæn/, /ˈæfɡən/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Audio (General Australian):(file)
  • Rhymes: -æn

Noun

afghan (plural afghans)

  1. A blanket or throw, usually crocheted or knitted.
  2. (Australia, New Zealand) A type of iced chocolate biscuit, sometimes containing cornflakes and topped with a walnut.

French

Etymology

Derived from Persian افغان (afġân), possibly through English Afghan.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /af.ɡɑ̃/
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

afghan (feminine afghane, masculine plural afghans, feminine plural afghanes)

  1. (relational) Afghan (of, from or relating to Afghanistan) [from early 19th c.]
    Hyponym: kaboulien

Derived terms

Noun

afghan m (uncountable)

  1. synonym of pachto (the Pashto language) [from 1842][1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 afghan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Further reading

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

afghan m (definite singular afghanen, indefinite plural afghanar, definite plural afghanane)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of afghanar

Swedish

Etymology

Derived from Persian افغان (afġân, Afghan) via Prakrit, from Sanskrit अवगाण (avagāṇa, Afghan).

Noun

afghan c

  1. Afghan (a person, chiefly male, from Afghanistan)
  2. synonym of afghanhund (Afghan hound / Afghan Hound)

Declension

Declension of afghan
nominative genitive
singular indefinite afghan afghans
definite afghanen afghanens
plural indefinite afghaner afghaners
definite afghanerna afghanernas