Afghanistan

== English == === Alternative forms === Affghanistan, Affghanisthan, Affghaunistan, Afghanisthan, Afghaunistan (all obsolete) Afganistan === Etymology === From Classical Persian اَفْغَانِسْتَان (afġānistān), from اَفْغَان (afġān, “Afghan”) + ـِسْتَان (-istān, “-istan: land of”), equivalent to Afghan +‎ -istan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /æfˈɡɑːn.ɪˌstɑːn/, /æfˈɡæn.ɪˌstɑːn/, /æfˈɡæn.ɪˌstæn/ === Proper noun === Afghanistan A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia. Official name: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Capital and largest city: Kabul. [from 1768] Synonym: Graveyard of Empires (figuratively) Hypernym: Central Asia ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== →? French: Afghanistan → Hawaiian: ʻApekanikana ⇒? Portuguese: Afeganistão ⇒? Spanish: Afganistán →? Translingual: AF, AFG ==== Translations ==== === See also === Appendix:Countries of the world === References === == Afrikaans == === Alternative forms === Afganistan === Proper noun === Afghanistan Afghanistan (a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia; capital: Kaboel) ==== Related terms ==== == Dutch == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑfˈxaːniˌstɑn/ Hyphenation: Af‧gha‧ni‧stan === Proper noun === Afghanistan n (adjective Afghaans or Afghanistaans, demonym Afghaan m or Afghaanse f) Afghanistan (a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia) === See also === == French == === Etymology === Ultimately from Classical Persian افغانستان (afġānistān), apparently through English Afghanistan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /af.ɡa.nis.tɑ̃/ Rhymes: -ɑ̃ === Proper noun === l'Afghanistan m Afghanistan (a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia; capital and largest city: Kaboul) aller en Afghanistan ― to go to Afghanistan ==== Related terms ==== afghan, Afghan === See also === === References === == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /afˈɡaːnɪstaːn/ Hyphenation: Af‧gha‧ni‧s‧tan === Proper noun === Afghanistan n (proper noun, genitive Afghanistans or (optionally with an article) Afghanistan) Afghanistan (a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia) ==== Related terms ==== === See also === === Further reading === “Afghanistan”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German) == Italian == === Alternative forms === Afganistan === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /afˈɡa.nis.tan/, (traditional) /af.ɡa.nisˈtan/ Rhymes: -anistan, (traditional) -an Hyphenation: Af‧ghà‧ni‧stan, (traditional) Af‧gha‧ni‧stàn === Proper noun === Afghanistan m Afghanistan (a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia) ==== Related terms ==== afgano, afghano === See also === === References === == Luxembourgish == === Proper noun === Afghanistan n Afghanistan (a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia) == Norman == === Proper noun === Afghanistan (Jersey) Afghanistan (a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑf.ˈɡɑ.nɪ.stɑn/ === Proper noun === Afghanistan Afghanistan (a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia) ==== Related terms ==== == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Proper noun === Afghanistan Afghanistan (a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia) ==== Related terms ==== == Swedish == === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Afghanistan n (genitive Afghanistans) Afghanistan (a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia) ==== Related terms ==== ==== See also ==== === References === “Afghanistan”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) Svensk MeSH