Afghanistan

See also: Afghánistán

English

Map of Afghanistan

Alternative forms

  • Affghanistan, Affghanisthan, Affghaunistan, Afghanisthan, Afghaunistan (all obsolete)

Etymology

From Classical Persian افغانستان (afğānistān).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /æfˈɡæn.ɪˌstæn/, /æfˈɡæn.ɪˌstɑːn/, /æfˈɡɑːn.ɪˌstɑːn/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Afghanistan

  1. A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia. Official name: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.

Synonyms

  • Graveyard of Empires

Translations

See also

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Afghanistan

  1. Afghanistan (A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia; capital: Kaboel)

Dutch

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑfˈxaːniˌstɑn/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: Af‧gha‧ni‧stan

Proper noun

Afghanistan n

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

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /af.ɡa.nis.tɑ̃/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑ̃

Proper noun

Afghanistan m

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

See also

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /afˈɡaːnɪstaːn/
  • (file)
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: Af‧gha‧ni‧s‧tan

Proper noun

Afghanistan n (proper noun, genitive Afghanistans or (optionally with an article) Afghanistan)

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

Further reading

  • Afghanistan” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Italian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /afˈɡa.ni.stan/, (traditional) /af.ɡa.niˈstan/[1]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -anistan, (traditional) -an
  • Hyphenation: Af‧ghà‧ni‧stan, (traditional) Af‧gha‧ni‧stàn

Proper noun

Afghanistan m

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

References

  1. Afghanistan in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Luxembourgish

Proper noun

Afghanistan n

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

Norman

Proper noun

Afghanistan

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑf.ˈɡɑ.nɪ.stɑn/

Proper noun

Afghanistan

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Afghanistan

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

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Afghanistan n (genitive Afghanistans)

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