Afganistāna

== Latvian == === Etymology === Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Persian افغان (afġân, “Afghan”) or from Arabic اَفْغَان (afḡān, “Afghan”), and Persian ـستان (-estân), a common ending for country names. In Latvian, the word was made into a feminine, 4th-declension noun, following the general pattern for country names. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Afganistāna f (4th declension) Afghanistan (a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia) Synonym: Afganistānas Islāma Republika Afganistānas karogs ― the flag of Afghanistan Afganistāna ir valsts Centrālāzijas dienvidos ― Afghanistan is a country in the south of Central Asia ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== See also ====