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afghani

/æfˈɡɑːni/

afghani noun: the monetary currency of Afghanistan, divided into 100 pul.

Noun (1)

afghani (plural afghanis)

  1. The monetary currency of Afghanistan, divided into 100 pul.
    • Laila hoped to have a thousand afghanis or more stowed away, half of which would go to the bus fare from Kabul to Peshawar.2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018), page 241

Adjective capitalized: Afghani

Afghani (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to Afghanistan, its people, or its language.

Noun (2) capitalized: Afghani

Afghani (plural Afghanis)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of afghani (“Afghanistan's unit of currency”).
    • A nan (bread) costs 25 Afghanis : a kilogram of beef 800 Afghanis and mutton of the same weight for 1200 Afghanis; […]1990, Central Asia, numbers 26-27, page 137
  2. (proscribed, uncommon) An Afghan; a native, inhabitant or national of Afghanistan.
    • This is not the way Afghanis conduct business. For the Afghans, time is not of the essence.2003, Jean-Michel Monod, quoted in Intercultural Management →ISBN, page 182

Proper noun capitalized: Afghani

Afghani (plural Afghanis)

  1. A surname from Persian.

afghani meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Pashto and Arabic

afghani in Hindi

national currency of Afghanistan
अफ़ग़ानी afġānī

afghani in Urdu

national currency of Afghanistan
افغانی afġānī

afghani in Pashto

national currency of Afghanistan
افغانۍ afǧanᶕy

afghani in Arabic

national currency of Afghanistan
أَفْغَانِيّ ʔafḡāniyy
More languagesFewer languages
afghani in Malay
afghani

Forms of afghani

Noun
pluralafghanis
pluralAfghanis
Proper noun
pluralAfghanis

Origin of afghani

Borrowed from Classical Persian افغانی (afġānī), derivative of افغان (afġān).

From Afghan + -i, or borrowed from Persian افغانی (afġānī / afġâni).

Questions about afghani

What does afghani mean?
Afghani means the monetary currency of Afghanistan, divided into 100 pul.
What is afghani in Hindi?
Afghani in Hindi is अफ़ग़ानी (afġānī). See Afghani meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is afghani?
Afghani can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce afghani?
Afghani is pronounced /æfˈɡɑːni/.
What is the plural of afghani?
The plural of afghani is afghanis.

Words near afghani in the dictionary

  1. Afghan Hound
  2. Afghan Hounds
  3. Afghan Persian
  4. Afghan Sign Language
  5. Afghanese
  6. afghani
  7. Afghania
  8. afghanis
  9. Afghanisation
  10. Afghanise
  11. Afghanised

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