afghan

IPA: ˈæfgæn

Root Word: Afghan

A person from Afghanistan.
(historical) A person of Pashtun ethnicity.
Synonym of Afghan Hound.
Pashto, a language primarily spoken by Pashtun people in Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan.
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.
(UK, military slang) Clipping of Afghanistan. [A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia. Official name: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.]

Examples of "afghan" in Sentences

Tajiks make up half of the population in Afghanistan but they will take it as an insult to be called afghan or afghani since the name afghan is an imposed name by the british.
Khorasan Parsi - Tajik Dukhtar - Although Tajiks make up half of the population in Afghanistan but they do not identify themselves as Afghan, the term afghan was imposed on our Khorasan
Tajik singer Feruza -- Delam Gom shoda -- Tajiks make up half of the population in Afghanistan but they will take it as an insult to be called afghan or afghani since the name afghan is an imposed name by the british.
Khorasan Parsi - Tajik Dukhtar - Although Tajiks make up half of the population in Afghanistan but they do not identify themselves as Afghan, the term afghan was imposed on our Khorasan Zameen by the British in 1893 ...
March 7th, 2010 at 8: 19 pm linzloo08 brought to you by I Want My Country Back, Inc.!! says: pezmiztix says: barry has made a mockery of nobel peace prize – how, less than 30 days after accepting award he increases predator drone attacks killing innocent in afghan villages. nice job barry. why does the world give him a pass on that???