afgan

== Indonesian == === Etymology === From the name of singer Afgansyah Reza. Sense sadistic come from Afgan's single titled 'Sadis'. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈafɡan/ [ˈaf.ɡan] Rhymes: -afɡan Syllabification: af‧gan === Adjective === afgan (comparative lebih afgan, superlative paling afgan) (slang) sadistic; cruel Synonyms: kejam, sadis, sadistis == Mauritian Creole == === Etymology === From French afghan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [afɡɑ̃] === Noun === afgan any of the languages native to Afghanistan. === Adjective === afgan Afghan ==== Related terms ==== Afgan Afganistan == Romanian == === Alternative forms === афган (afgan) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling === Etymology === Borrowed from French Afghan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /afˈɡan/ Rhymes: -an Hyphenation: af‧gan === Adjective === afgan m or n (feminine singular afgană, masculine plural afgani, feminine/neuter plural afgane) Afghan ==== Declension ==== === Noun === afgan m (plural afgani, feminine equivalent afgană) Afghan man ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “afgan”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026 == Tashelhit == === Alternative forms === anguf — poetic === Etymology === Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit ‎اڢْچَنْ (afgan, “slave, captive”), from Proto-Berber. Cognate with Nefusa ڢُجْنُتَنْ (fuǧnuten, “the worshipers, the pious”). The semantic development from "slave" to "human" is likely shaped by the Islamic theological concept of human servitude to God. A parallel development is seen in Hindustani بَنْدَہ / बंदा (bandā). === Noun === afgan m (plural ifganen or ifgnan, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴼⴳⴰⵏ, Arabic spelling آفڭان) human being Synonyms: amxluq, bnadm 17th century , A translaltion of Surah al-fātiḥa by Muħammad Ben Saʔid Al Meriɣiti Al-Susi Al-Murrakuši: آفڭان اد ڭيغ ― afgan ad giɣ. ― I am a human being. (collective) humans, mankind Synonyms: middn, bnadm ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Kabyle: afgan (“human”) → Moroccan Amazigh: ⴰⴼⴳⴰⵏ (afgan, “human”) === See also === === References === Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 1 a—e (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/1) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 93b