Afghanistan

Afghanistan

See also: Afghánistán

English

Map of Afghanistan

Alternative forms

• Affghanistan, Afghaunistan (both obsolete)

Etymology

From Persian افغانستان‎ (afğânestân).

Pronunciation

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

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Proper noun

Afghanistan

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

Synonyms

• Graveyard of Empires

Related terms

• AFG
• Afghan
• Afghani

 

Translations

country

Abkhaz: Афганистан (Afganistʼan) Adyghe: Афганистан (Aafɣaaniistaan) Afrikaans: Afghanistan (af) Albanian: Gheg: Afghanistan m Tosk: Afganistani (sq) m, Afganistan (sq) m (indefinite) Amharic: አፍጋኒስታን (ʾäfganistan) Arabic: أَفْغَانِسْتَان‎ (ar) f (ʔafḡānistān) Aragonese: Afganistán Armenian: Աֆղանստան (hy) (Afłanstan) Assamese: আফগানিস্তান (aphganistan) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܦ̮ܓ݂ܵܢܸܣܛܵܢ‎ f (āfḡanisṭan) Asturian: Afganistán (ast) Azerbaijani: Əfqanıstan (az) Cyrillic: Әфганыстан Bashkir: Афғанстан (Afğanstan) Basque: Afganistan (eu) Belarusian: Афганіста́н m (Afhanistán), Аўганіста́н m (Aŭhanistán) (Taraškievica) Bengali: আফগানিস্তান (bn) (aphganistan) Bihari: अफ़ग़ानिस्तान Bishnupriya Manipuri: আফগানিস্তান Brahui: Aoģánistán Breton: Afghanistan Bulgarian: Афганиста́н (bg) m (Afganistán) Burmese: အာဖဂန်နစ်စတန် (ahpa.gannacca.tan) Buryat: Афганистан (Afganistan) Catalan: l’Afganistan (ca) m Cebuano: Afghanistan, Apganistan Chechen: Овгӏан (Owğan) Cherokee: ᎠᏫᎨᏂᏍᏖᏂ (awigenisteni) Chinese: Cantonese: 阿富汗 (aa3 fu3 hon6, o1 fu3 hon6) Hakka: 阿富汗 (Â-fu-hon) Mandarin: 阿富汗 (zh) (Āfùhàn); 愛烏罕／爱乌罕 (Àiwūhǎn) (historically) Min Dong: 阿富汗 (Ŏ̤-hô-gâng) Min Nan: 阿富汗 (A-hù-hān) Wu: 阿富汗 (a fu hhoe) Chuvash: Афганистан (Afganistan) Cornish: Afghanistan Crimean Tatar: Afğanistan Czech: Afgánistán m, Afghánistán (cs) m Danish: Afghanistan (da) n Dhivehi: އަފްޣާނިސްތާން‎ (afġānistān̊) Doteli: अफगानिस्तान (aphagānistān) Dutch: Afghanistan (nl) n Dzongkha: ཨཕ་ག་ནིསི་ཏཱན་ (aph ga nisi tān) Erzya: Афганистан (Afganistan) Esperanto: Afganio, Afganistano, Afganujo Estonian: Afganistan (et) Extremaduran: Afganistán Farefare: Afɣanistã Faroese: Afganistan (fo) n Finnish: Afganistan (fi) Franco-Provençal: Afganistan French: Afghanistan (fr) m Friulian: Afghanistan Gagauz: Afganistan Galician: Afganistán (gl) m Georgian: ავღანეთი (ka) (avɣaneti) German: Afghanistan (de) n Alemannic German: Afganischtan Greek: Αφγανιστάν (el) n (Afganistán) Guaraní: Ahyganitã Gujarati: અફગાનિસ્તાન (aphagānistān) Haitian Creole: Afganistan Hausa: Afganistan, Afaganistan Hawaiian: Apekanikana Hebrew: אַפְגָּנִיסְטָן‎ (he) f (afganistan) Hindi: अफ़्ग़ानिस्तान m (afġānistān), अफगानिस्तान (hi) m (aphgānistān) Hungarian: Afganisztán (hu) Icelandic: Afganistan (is) Ido: Afganistan (io) Ilocano: Apganistan Indonesian: Afghanistan Interlingua: Afghanistan (ia) Irish: An Afganastáin f Italian: Afghanistan (it) m, Afganistan (it) m Japanese: アフガニスタン (ja) (Afuganisutan), アフガン (Afugan) Javanese: Afganistan Kabardian: Афганистэн (Aafɣaaniisten) Kabiyé: Afganistani Kabyle: Afɣanistan Kalenjin: Afganistan Kalmyk: Апганмудин (Apganmudin) Kamba: Afganistan Kamkata-viri: Āfǧoniston Kannada: ಅಫ್ಘಾನಿಸ್ತಾನ (kn) (aphghānistāna) Kapampangan: Afghanistan Karachay-Balkar: Афганистан (Afganistan) Kashubian: Afganistón (csb) Kazakh: Ауғанстан (Auğanstan) Arabic: اۋعانستان‎ Khmer: អាហ្វហ្គានីស្ថាន (ʼaafgiəniisthaan) Kikuyu: Afganistan Komi-Permyak: Афганистан (Afganʹistan) Komi-Zyrian: Афганистан (Afganʹistan) Konkani: अफगाणिस्तान Korean: 아프가니스탄 (ko) (Apeuganiseutan) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ئەفغانستان‎ (efẍanistan) Northern Kurdish: Efxanistan (ku) Kyrgyz: Афганистан (ky) (Afganistan), Афганстан (Afganstan), Ооганстан (ky) (Ooganstan) Ladino: Afganistan Latin: Afgania f, Ariana f Lao: ອັບຟາການິດສະຖານ (ʼap fā kā nit sa thān), ອັຟການິດສະຖານ (ʼap kā nit sa thān) Latvian: Afganistāna (lv) f Lao: ອັບຟາການິດສະຖານ (ʼap fā kā nit sa thān), ອັຟການິດສະຖານ (ʼap kā nit sa thān) Lezgi: Афганистан (Afganistan) Limburgish: Afganistan (li) Lingala: Afganistáni Lithuanian: Afganistanas (lt) m Livvi: Afganistuanu Low German: Afghanistan (nds) Luhya: Afganistan Luo: Afganistan Luxembourgish: Afghanistan (lb) Macedonian: Авганиста́н (mk) m (Avganistán) Maithili: अफगानिस्तान (aphᵊgānistān) Malagasy: Afganistana (mg) Malay: Afghanistan (ms) Malayalam: അഫ്ഗാനിസ്ഥാന് (afgānisthānŭ) Maltese: Afganistan Manchu: ᠠᡳ᠌ᡠ᠌ᡥᠠᠨ Manx: Yn Afghanistaan Maori: Āwhekenetāna Marathi: अफगाणिस्तान (aphgāṇistān) Mazanderani: افخانستون‎ Meru: Afganistan Minangkabau: Afganistan Mingrelian: ავღანეთი (avɣaneti) Mongolian: Cyrillic: Афганистан (Afganistan) Mongolian: ᠠᠹᠭᠠᠨᠢᠰᠲ᠋ᠠᠨ (afɣanistan) Nahuatl: Afganistān Nauruan: Afganistan Nepali: अफगानिस्तान (aphagānistān) Norman: Afghanistan m Northern Luri: أفغانستان‎ Northern Sami: Afghanistan Norwegian: Bokmål: Afghanistan (no) Nynorsk: Afghanistan (nn) Occitan: Afganistan (oc) Oriya: ଆଫଗାନିସ୍ତାନ (aphôganistanô) Ossetian: Афгъанистан (Afǧanistan) Pashto: افغانستان‎ (ps) m (afǧānestãn) Pennsylvania German: Afganischtaan Persian: افغانستان‎ (fa) (afğânestân) Piedmontese: Afgànistan Polish: Afganistan (pl) m inan Portuguese: Afeganistão (pt) m Punjabi: ਅਫ਼ਗ਼ਾਨਿਸਤਾਨ (afaġānistān) Quechua: Afgansuyu Romanian: Afganistan (ro) n Russian: Афганиста́н (ru) m (Afganistán) Rusyn: Афґаніста́н m (Afganistán) Rwanda-Rundi: Afuganisitani Samogitian: Afganėstans Sanskrit: अफगानस्थान (aphagānasthāna) Santali: ᱟᱯᱷᱜᱟᱱᱤᱥᱛᱟᱱ (aphganistan) Scottish Gaelic: Afganastan Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Афганѝста̄н m, Авганѝста̄н m Roman: Afganìstān (sh) m, Avganìstān m Sicilian: Afganistàn Silesian: Afganistan Sinhalese: ඇෆ්‍ගනිස්‍තානය (æfganistānaya) Slovak: Afganistan (sk) m Slovene: Afgánistan (sl) m Somali: Afgaanistan Spanish: Afganistán (es) m Sundanese: Apganistan Swahili: Afghanistan (sw), Afuganistani Swedish: Afghanistan (sv) n Tagalog: Apganistan (tl) Tajik: Афғонистон (tg) (Afġoniston) Tamil: ஆப்கானிஸ்தான் (āpkāṉistāṉ), ஆப்கனிஸ்தான் (āpkaṉistāṉ) Tatar: Әфганстан (Äfganstan) Telugu: ఆఫ్ఘనిస్తాన్ (te) (āphghanistān) Tetum: Afeganistaun Thai: อัฟกานิสถาน (th) (áf-gaa-nís-tǎan) Tibetan: ཨ་ཧྥུའུ་རྒན་སི་ཐན (a hphu'u rgan si than) Tongan: ʻAfikānisitani Turkish: Afganistan (tr) Turkmen: Owganystan Cyrillic: Овганыстан Udmurt: Афганистан (Afganistan) Ukrainian: Афганіста́н (uk) m (Afhanistán), Афґаніста́н m (Afganistán) Urdu: اَفْغانِسْتان‎ m (afġānistān) Uyghur: ئافغانىستان‎ (afghanistan) Cyrillic: Авғанстан (Awghanstan) Uzbek: Afgʻoniston (uz) Cyrillic: Афғонистон (Afgʻoniston) Venetian: Afganistan Veps: Afganistan Vietnamese: Áp-ga-ni-xtan, A Phú Hãn (vi) (obsolete) Volapük: Lafganistän (vo) Võro: Afganistan Waray-Waray: Afganistan Welsh: Affganistan (cy) West Frisian: Afganistan (fy) Western Panjabi: افغانستان‎ Wolof: Afganistaan Yiddish: אַפֿגאַניסטאַן‎ (afganistan) Yoruba: Afghanístàn Zazaki: Efğanıstan (diq) Zhuang: Ahfuhan Zulu: I-Afganistani

See also

• Appendix:Countries of the world
• (countries of Asia) country of Asia; Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

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Dutch

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑfˈxaːniˌstɑn/

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• Hyphenation: Af‧gha‧ni‧stan

Proper noun

Afghanistan n

1. Afghanistan (a country in Asia)

Related terms

• Afghaan
• Afghaans
• Afghaanse

 

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /af.ɡa.nis.tɑ̃/

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• Rhymes: -ɑ̃

Proper noun

Afghanistan m

1. Afghanistan (a country in Asia)

See also

• (countries of Asia) pays d'Asie; Afghanistan, Arabie saoudite, Arménie, Azerbaïdjan, Bahreïn, Bangladesh, Bhoutan, Birmanie, Brunei, Cambodge, Chine, Chypre, Corée du Nord, Corée du Sud, Émirats arabes unis, Géorgie, Inde, Indonésie, Iran, Irak, Israël, Japon, Jordanie, Kazakhstan, Kirghizistan, Koweït, Laos, Liban, Malaisie, Maldives, Mongolie, Népal, Oman, Ouzbékistan, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Russie, Singapour, Sri Lanka, Syrie, Tadjikistan, Thaïlande, Timor oriental, Turquie, Turkménistan, Vietnam, Yémen ^{(Category: fr:Countries in Asia)}

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /afˈɡaːnɪstaːn/

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• Hyphenation: Af‧gha‧ni‧s‧tan

Proper noun

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

1. Afghanistan (a country in Central Asia)

Related terms

• Afghane
• Afghani
• afghanisch

 

Further reading

• “Afghanistan” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Italian

Alternative forms

• Afganistan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /afˈɡa.ni.stan/, (traditional) /af.ɡa.niˈstan/[1]

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• Rhymes: -anistan, (traditional) -an
• Hyphenation: Af‧ghà‧ni‧stan, (traditional) Af‧gha‧ni‧stàn

Proper noun

Afghanistan m

1. Afghanistan (a country in Asia)

Related terms

• afgano, afghano

References

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

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Luxembourgish

Proper noun

Afghanistan n

1. Afghanistan (a country in Asia)

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Norman

Proper noun

Afghanistan

1. (Jersey) Afghanistan (a country in Asia)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑf.ˈɡɑ.nɪ.stɑn/

Proper noun

Afghanistan

1. Afghanistan (a country in Asia)

Related terms

• afghaner
• afghansk

 

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Afghanistan

1. Afghanistan (a country in Asia)

Related terms

• afghanar
• afghansk

 

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Swedish

Proper noun

Afghanistan n (genitive Afghanistans)

1. Afghanistan (a country in Asia)

Related terms

• afghan
• afghansk
• afghanska