afghan

== English == === Alternative forms === Afghan === Etymology === From Afghan. === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈæfˌɡæn/, /ˈæfɡən/ Rhymes: -æn === Noun === afghan (plural afghans) A blanket or throw, usually crocheted or knitted. (Australia, New Zealand) A type of iced chocolate biscuit, sometimes containing cornflakes and topped with a walnut. == French == === Etymology === Derived from Persian افغان (afġân), possibly through English Afghan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /af.ɡɑ̃/ === Adjective === afghan (feminine afghane, masculine plural afghans, feminine plural afghanes) (relational) Afghan (of, from or relating to Afghanistan) [from early 19th c.] Hyponym: kaboulien ==== Derived terms ==== Afghan lévrier afghan === Noun === afghan m (uncountable) synonym of pachto (“the Pashto language”) [from 1842] === References === === Further reading === “afghan, -ane, adj. et n.”, in Dictionnaire de l'Académie française, 9th edition, 1992–2024, →ISBN == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === afghan m (definite singular afghanen, indefinite plural afghanar, definite plural afghanane) (pre-2012) alternative form of afghanar == Swedish == === Etymology === From Persian افغان (afġân, “Afghan”) (see it for more details). === Noun === afghan c Afghan (a person, chiefly male, from Afghanistan) synonym of afghanhund (“Afghan hound / Afghan Hound”) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== Afghanistan n (“Afghanistan”) afghanska c (“Afghan (female)”) afghansk (“Afghan”, adjective)