Afghanistan

See also: Afghánistán

English

Flag of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan

Internationally-recognized flag of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

Map of Afghanistan

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Classical Persian افغانستان (Afğānistān), from افغان (Afğân, “the Afghan, the Afghans”) + ـستان (-estân, “-istan: land of”).

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Afghanistan

2. A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia. Official name: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Capital and largest city: Kabul.

Synonyms

• Graveyard of Empires, AFG

Derived terms

• Afghanistanism
• Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
• Emirate of Afghanistan
• Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
• Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
• Kingdom of Afghanistan

 

Related terms

• Afghan
• Afghani
• Afghania
• Afghanistani

 

Translations

country

• Abkhaz: Афганистан (Afganistʼan), Афӷанисҭан (Afğanistan), Афӷантәыла (Afğantʷʼəla)
• Adyghe: Афганистан (Afɣanistan)
• Afar: Afgaanistan
• Afrikaans: Afghanistan (af)
• Albanian: Afganistan (sq) m (indefinite), Afganistani (sq) m (definite)

  Gheg: Afghanistan m

• Amharic: አፍጋኒስታን (ʾäfganistan)
• Arabic: أَفْغَانِسْتَان (ar) f (ʔafḡānistān)
• Aragonese: Afganistán
• Armenian: Աֆղանստան (hy) (Afġanstan)
• 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)
• Carpathian Rusyn: Афґаніста́н m (Afganistán)
• Catalan: l’Afganistan (ca) m
• Cebuano: Afghanistan, Apganistan
• Chechen: Овгӏан (Ovğan)
• Cherokee: ᎠᏫᎨᏂᏍᏖᏂ (awigenisteni)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 阿富汗 (aa³ fu³ hon⁶, o¹ fu³ hon⁶)

  Eastern Min: 阿富汗 (Ŏ̤-hô-gâng)

  Hakka: 阿富汗 (Â-fu-hon)

  Hokkien: 阿富汗 (A-hù-hān)

  Mandarin: 阿富汗 (zh) (Āfùhàn); 愛烏罕 / 爱乌罕 (Àiwūhǎn) (historically)

  Wu: 阿富汗 (¹a-fu-ghoe)

• 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 (Afgańistan)
• 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: ʻApekanikana
• 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, Afgania f
• Japanese: アフガニスタン (ja) (Afuganisutan), アフガン (ja) (Afugan)
• Javanese: Afganistan
• Kabardian: Афганистэн (Afɣanistɛn)
• 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 (kk) (Auğanstan)

  Arabic: اۋعانستان

• Khmer: អាហ្វហ្គានីស្ថាន (ʼaafgiəniisthaan)
• Kikuyu: Afganistan
• Komi-Permyak: Афганистан (Afgańistan)
• Komi-Zyrian: Афганистан (Afgańistan)
• Konkani: अफगाणिस्तान (aphgāṇistān)
• Korean: 아프가니스탄 (ko) (Apeuganiseutan)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئەفغانستان (ckb) (efẍanistan)

  Northern Kurdish: Efxanistan (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Афганистан (ky) (Afganistan), Афганстан (Afganstan), Ооганстан (ky) (Ooganstan)
• Ladino: Afganistan
• Lao: ອັບຟາການິດສະຖານ (ʼap fā kā nit sa thān), ອັຟການິດສະຖານ (ʼap kā nit sa thān), ອາຟະການິດສະຖານ (ʼā fa kā nit sa thān)
• Lao: ອັບຟາການິດສະຖານ (ʼap fā kā nit sa thān), ອັຟການິດສະຖານ (ʼap kā nit sa thān)
• Latin: Afgania f, Ariana f
• Latvian: Afganistāna (lv) f
• 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 (aphgānisthānŭ)
• Maltese: Afganistan
• Manchu: ᠠᡳ᠌᠇ᡠ᠌ᡥᠠᠨ (ai'uhan)
• 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) n

  Nynorsk: Afghanistan (nn) n

• Occitan: Afganistan (oc)
• Odia: ଆଫଗାନିସ୍ତାନ (āphagānistāna)
• Ossetian: Афгъанистан (Afǧanistan)
• Pashto: افغانستان (ps) m (afǧānestān)
• Pennsylvania German: Afganischtaan
• Persian:

  Classical Persian: اَفْغَانِسْتَان (afğānistān)

  Dari: اَفْغَانِسْتَان (afğānistān)

  Iranian Persian: اَفْغانِسْتان (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), Афга́н (ru) m (Afgán) (colloquial, especially in reference to the 1979–1989 Afghan war)
• 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)
• Talysh: Əfqanıston
• Tamil: ஆப்கானிஸ்தான் (āpkāṉistāṉ), ஆப்கனிஸ்தான் (āpkaṉistāṉ)
• Tat: Əfqanestan
• 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 (Afgańistan)
• Ukrainian: Афганіста́н (uk) m (Afhanistán), Афґаніста́н m (Afganistán)
• Urdu: اَفْغانِسْتان m (afġānistān)
• Uyghur: ئافغانىستان (afghanistan)

  Cyrillic: Авғанстан (Awghanstan)

• Uzbek: Afgʻoniston (uz)

  Cyrillic: Афғонистон (Afgʻoniston)

• Venetan: 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: Àfùgànísítánì
• 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, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, East Timor, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
• (provinces of Afghanistan) province of Afghanistan; Badakhshan, Badghis, Baghlan, Balkh, Bamyan, Daykundi, Farah, Faryab, Ghazni, Ghor, Helmand, Herat, Jowzjan, Kabul, Kandahar, Kapisa, Khost, Kunar, Kunduz, Laghman, Logar, Nangarhar, Nimruz, Nuristan, Paktia, Paktika, Panjshir, Parwan, Samangan, Sar-e Pol, Takhar, Uruzgan, Wardak, Zabul ^{(Category: en:Provinces of Afghanistan)}

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

• Afganistan

Proper noun

Afghanistan

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

Related terms

• Afghaan
• Afghaans

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑfˈxaːniˌstɑn/

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• Hyphenation: Af‧gha‧ni‧stan

Proper noun

Afghanistan n

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

Related terms

• Afghaan
• Afghaans
• Afghaanse

 

French

Etymology

Ultimately from Classical Persian افغانستان (afğānistān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /af.ɡa.nis.tɑ̃/

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• Rhymes: -ɑ̃

Proper noun

Afghanistan m

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

   aller en Afghanistan ― to go to Afghanistan

Related terms

• afghan, Afghan

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, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russie, Singapour, Sri Lanka, Syrie, Tadjikistan, Thaïlande, Timor oriental, Turquie, Turkménistan, Vietnam, Yémen ^{(Category: fr:Countries in Asia)}

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 landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)

Related terms

• Afghane
• Afghani
• afghanisch

 

Further reading

• “Afghanistan” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Italian

Alternative forms

• Afganistan

Pronunciation

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

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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 landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)

Related terms

• afgano, afghano

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)

Related terms

• afghaner
• afghansk

 

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Afghanistan

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

Related terms

• afghanar
• afghansk

 

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Afghanistan n (genitive Afghanistans)

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

Related terms

• afghan
• afghansk
• afghanska

 

References

• Afghanistan in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• Svensk MeSH