أفغان

See also: افغان

Arabic

Etymology

From Persian افغان (afğân).

Noun

أَفْغَان • (ʔafḡān) m pl (collective, singulative أَفْغَانِيّ f (ʔafḡāniyy), paucal أَفْغَان (ʔafḡān))

1. Afghans

Declension

Declension of noun أَفْغَان (ʔafḡān)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَفْغَان ʔafḡān	الْأَفْغَان al-ʔafḡān	أَفْغَان ʔafḡān
Nominative	أَفْغَانٌ ʔafḡānun	الْأَفْغَانُ al-ʔafḡānu	أَفْغَانُ ʔafḡānu
Accusative	أَفْغَانًا ʔafḡānan	الْأَفْغَانَ al-ʔafḡāna	أَفْغَانَ ʔafḡāna
Genitive	أَفْغَانٍ ʔafḡānin	الْأَفْغَانِ al-ʔafḡāni	أَفْغَانِ ʔafḡāni
Singulative	basic singulative triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَفْغَانِي ʔafḡānī	الْأَفْغَانِي al-ʔafḡānī	أَفْغَانِي ʔafḡānī
Nominative	أَفْغَانِيٌّ ʔafḡāniyyun	الْأَفْغَانِيُّ al-ʔafḡāniyyu	أَفْغَانِيُّ ʔafḡāniyyu
Accusative	أَفْغَانِيًّا ʔafḡāniyyan	الْأَفْغَانِيَّ al-ʔafḡāniyya	أَفْغَانِيَّ ʔafḡāniyya
Genitive	أَفْغَانِيٍّ ʔafḡāniyyin	الْأَفْغَانِيِّ al-ʔafḡāniyyi	أَفْغَانِيِّ ʔafḡāniyyi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَفْغَانِيَّيْن ʔafḡāniyyayn	الْأَفْغَانِيَّيْن al-ʔafḡāniyyayn	أَفْغَانِيَّيْ ʔafḡāniyyay
Nominative	أَفْغَانِيَّانِ ʔafḡāniyyāni	الْأَفْغَانِيَّانِ al-ʔafḡāniyyāni	أَفْغَانِيَّا ʔafḡāniyyā
Accusative	أَفْغَانِيَّيْنِ ʔafḡāniyyayni	الْأَفْغَانِيَّيْنِ al-ʔafḡāniyyayni	أَفْغَانِيَّيْ ʔafḡāniyyay
Genitive	أَفْغَانِيَّيْنِ ʔafḡāniyyayni	الْأَفْغَانِيَّيْنِ al-ʔafḡāniyyayni	أَفْغَانِيَّيْ ʔafḡāniyyay
Paucal (3-10)	basic broken paucal triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَفْغَان ʔafḡān	الْأَفْغَان al-ʔafḡān	أَفْغَان ʔafḡān
Nominative	أَفْغَانٌ ʔafḡānun	الْأَفْغَانُ al-ʔafḡānu	أَفْغَانُ ʔafḡānu
Accusative	أَفْغَانًا ʔafḡānan	الْأَفْغَانَ al-ʔafḡāna	أَفْغَانَ ʔafḡāna
Genitive	أَفْغَانٍ ʔafḡānin	الْأَفْغَانِ al-ʔafḡāni	أَفْغَانِ ʔafḡāni

Related terms

• الْأَفْغَان (al-ʔafḡān, “Afghanistan”)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “أفغان”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Adjective

أَفْغَان • (ʔafḡān) m pl

1. masculine plural of أَفْغَانِيّ (ʔafḡāniyy)