Afghanistan
Syllables: Af·ghan·i·stan/æfˈɡænɪstæn//æfˈɡænɪstæn/
Afghanistan proper noun: a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia. Official name: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Capital and largest city: Kabul.
Proper noun
Afghanistan
- A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia. Official name: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Capital and largest city: Kabul.
- But Shahab ul dien Mahummud, brother to the Prince of Ghor, invaded the kingdom of Ghizni, which he conquered, and not ſatisfied with that, marched an army into Hindoſtan, overrunning Piſhawir, Afghaniſtan, Moultan and Sind.1768, Mahummud Casim Ferishta, translated by Alexander Dow, “The Reign of Chusero Malleck, ben Chusero Shaw”, in The History of Hindostan; from the Earliest Account of Time, to the Death of Akbar...
- This Timoor Shah is the ſon of the famous Ahmed Shah Abdalee, who was formerly in the ſervice of Nadir Shah, and upon the aſſaſſination of that monarch, ſeized the vaſl treaſures which had been depoſited in the Caſtle Herat, and carried them off into the mountains of Afghaniſtan, where his ſtandard...1781 October 22, “From the Delhi Gazette, Calcutta”, in The Remembrancer; or, Impartial Repository of Public Events. For the Year 1782., part II, London: […] J[ohn] Debrett, […], published 1782...
- Synonyms:
- Graveyard of Empires
Afghanistan meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Afghanistan in Hindi
- country
- अफ़्ग़ानिस्तान afġānistān, अफगानिस्तान aphgānistān
Afghanistan in Tamil
- country
- ஆப்கானிஸ்தான் āpkāṉistāṉ, ஆஃப்கானிஸ்தான் āfkāṉistāṉ
Afghanistan in Marathi
- country
- अफगाणिस्तान aphgāṇistān
Afghanistan in Urdu
- country
- اَفْغانِسْتان afġānistān
More languagesFewer languages
- Afghanistan in Bengali
- আফগানিস্তান aphganistan
- Afghanistan in Telugu
- ఆఫ్ఘనిస్తాన్ āphghanistān
- Afghanistan in Malayalam
- അഫ്ഗാനിസ്ഥാന് aphgānisthānŭ
- Afghanistan in Kannada
- ಅಫ್ಘಾನಿಸ್ತಾನ aphghānistāna
- Afghanistan in Punjabi
- ਅਫ਼ਗ਼ਾਨਿਸਤਾਨ afaġānistān, افغانستان
- Afghanistan in Gujarati
- અફગાનિસ્તાન aphagānistān
- Afghanistan in Odia
- ଆଫଗାନିସ୍ତାନ āphagānistāna
- Afghanistan in Sanskrit
- अफगानस्थान aphagānasthāna
- Afghanistan in Sinhala
- ඇෆ්ගනිස්තානය æfganistānaya
- Afghanistan in Assamese
- আফগানিস্তান aphganistan
- Afghanistan in Nepali
- अफगानिस्तान aphagānistān
- Afghanistan in Pashto
- افغانستان afǧānestān
- Afghanistan in Tagalog
- Apganistan
- Afghanistan in Arabic
- أَفْغَانِسْتَان ʔafḡānistān
- Afghanistan in Malay
- Afghanistan
- Afghanistan in Indonesian
- Afghanistan
- Afghanistan in Persian
- اَفْغَانِسْتَان afġānistān, اَفْغانِسْتان afġânestân
- Afghanistan in Thai
- อัฟกานิสถาน áf-gaa-nís-tǎan
- Afghanistan in Vietnamese
- Áp-ga-ni-xtan, A Phú Hãn
- Afghanistan in Myanmar
- အာဖဂန်နစ်စတန် ahpa.gannacca.tan
- Dhivehi
- އަފްޣާނިސްތާން afġānistān̊
- Dzongkha
- ཨཕ་ག་ནིསི་ཏཱན་ aph ga nisi tān
Synonyms of Afghanistan
Forms of Afghanistan
| alternative form | Afganistan |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | Affghanistan |
| alternative form (obsolete) | Affghanisthan |
| alternative form (obsolete) | Affghaunistan |
| alternative form (obsolete) | Afghanisthan |
| alternative form (obsolete) | Afghaunistan |
Origin of Afghanistan
From Classical Persian اَفْغَانِسْتَان (afġānistān), from اَفْغَان (afġān, “Afghan”) + ـِسْتَان (-istān, “-istan: land of”), equivalent to Afghan + -istan.
Words formed from Afghanistan
Questions about Afghanistan
- What does Afghanistan mean?
- Afghanistan means a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia. Official name: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Capital and largest city: Kabul.
- What is Afghanistan in Hindi?
- Afghanistan in Hindi is अफ़्ग़ानिस्तान (afġānistān), अफगानिस्तान (aphgānistān). See Afghanistan meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Afghanistan?
- Afghanistan is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Afghanistan?
- Afghanistan is pronounced /æfˈɡænɪstæn/ (UK).
Words near Afghanistan in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Afghanistan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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