Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of or relating to Afghanistan or its people, language, or culture.
  • noun A native or inhabitant of Afghanistan; an Afghani.
  • noun A person of Afghan ancestry.
  • noun A knitted or crocheted coverlet or blanket, especially one with colorful geometric designs.
  • noun A carpet having a colorful geometric design.
  • noun An Afghan hound.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A native or an inhabitant of Afghanistan, a mountainous country lying northwest of British India, south of Asiatic Russia, and east of Persia; distinctively, a member of the principal or dominant race of Afghanistan, speaking the Afghan language, the other inhabitants generally speaking Persian.
  • noun The language of the Afghans, called by themselves Pushtu or Pukhtu, of Aryan affinity, though formerly supposed by some to be Semitic.
  • noun [lowercase] A kind of blanket made of knitted or crocheted wool, used as a sofa-cover or as a carriage-robe.
  • Pertaining or relating to Afghanistan or its people.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A native of Afghanistan.
  • noun A kind of worsted blanket or wrap.
  • adjective Of or pertaining to Afghanistan.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A person from Afghanistan or of Afghan descent.
  • noun A person of Pashtun ethnicity or of Pashtun descent.
  • noun A breed of dogs, the Afghan hound.
  • proper noun Pashto, a language primarily spoken in Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan.
  • proper noun UK, military slang Short form for Afghanistan.
  • adjective Of, from, or pertaining to Afghanistan.
  • adjective Of, from, or pertaining to the Pashtun ethnic community.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Afghanistan or its people
  • noun a blanket knitted or crocheted in strips or squares; sometimes used as a shawl
  • noun a native or inhabitant of Afghanistan
  • noun tall graceful breed of hound with a long silky coat; native to the Near East
  • noun an Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan; the official language of Afghanistan
  • noun a coat made of sheepskin

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Persian afghān, a Pashtun.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Persian افغان (afğân, "Afghan") via Prakrit आभगन (ābhagana, "Afghan") from Sanskrit अश्वक (aśvaka, "horseman")

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  • I am not the modern version of the scruffy Vietnam vet living in a cardboard box, nor do I pay much mind to the label "Afghan vet."

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  • Wikileaks is releasing the set of documents under the title Afghan War Diary.

    BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition 2010

  • Wikileaks is releasing the set of documents under the title Afghan War Diary.

    BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition 2010

  • Butler engaged in dialogue with what he calls Afghan "tribal elders", in meetings also attended by Taliban representatives, and he argues that the reconciliation process could have started several years ago.

    New Statesman Mehdi Hasan and James Macintyre 2009

  • He also increased pressure on NATO allies for more troops, reasoning that they needed to take the measure as they too were threatened by what he described as Afghan-based terrorism.

    legitgov 2009

  • He blamed the attack on the "enemies of Afghanistan" - a term Afghan officials use to refer to Taliban militants and other extremists or criminals behind a wave of violence.

    Taipei Times 2008

  • He blamed the attack on the "enemies of Afghanistan," a term Afghan officials use to refer to Taliban and other extremists or criminals behind a wave of insurgent violence.

    Turkish Press 2008

  • He blamed the attack on the "enemies of Afghanistan" - a term Afghan officials use to refer to Taliban militants and other extremists or criminals behind a wave of violence.

    Taipei Times 2008

  • Out of service since '84, man accused in Afghan case never saw combat

    Heroes or Villains? 2010

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