Afghan

Definitions: Afghan

Afghan

Adjective

1. Of or relating to or characteristic of Afghanistan or its people.

Noun

1. A blanket knitted or crocheted in strips or squares; sometimes used as a shawl.

2. A native or inhabitant of Afghanistan.

3. An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

4. A coat made of sheepskin.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "Afghan" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1868. (references)

Geography

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: Afghan

Crosswords: Afghan

French (Afghan), Swedish (afghan).

But Afghan people fight hard, they never be defeated. (Rambo III; writing credit: Sylvester Stallone)

An Afghan Village (1974)

Afghan Nomads (The Maldar) (1974)

Alefbay-e afghan (2002)

Ghame Afghan (1986)

Pakistan Amir: An Afghan Refugee Musician's Life in Peshawar (1985)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• 100 Afghan Squares to Knit: Patterns and Instructions for Mixing and Matching Afghan Squares for Blankets and Throws (reference)

• Afghan Bound (reference)

• Afghan Food & Cookery: Noshe Djan (Hippocrene International Cookbooks) (reference)

• Afghan Guerrilla Warfare: In the Words of the Mujahideen Fighters (reference)

• Before Taliban: Genealogies of the Afghan Jihad (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Afghan Hound Review (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Capt. (Dr.) James Garman performs a checkup on an Afghan boy.

A Typical Afghan shop exhibiting a variety of Afghan caps.Credit: Library of Congress.

Afghan American man holding U.S. flags and wearing red, white, and blue in his turban participates in a vigil held by his community at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., following the attacks of September 11th.Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Children

Russia

Reportedly there are approximately 3,000 Afghan orphans in the country. (references)

Afghanistan

UNESCO reported in 2000 that as few as 3 percent of Afghan girls were receiving primary education as opposed to up to 39 percent of boys. (references)

Civil Liberties

Kyrgyz Republic

At year's end, all of the Afghan refugees and asylum-seekers had been released. (references)

Economic History

Afghanistan

This conflict brought Amir Abdur Rahman to the Afghan throne. (references)

Pakistan

Pakistan and Iran support opposing factions in the Afghan conflict. (references)

Afghanistan

The Iranian consulate in Herat closed, as did the Afghan consulate in Mashad. (references)

Human Rights

Afghanistan

In July 2000, a Western journalist observed his Afghan associate being beaten severely. (references)

Afghanistan

Those killed reportedly included aid workers and an Afghan member of a U.N. organization. (references)

Pakistan

The protestors, who mainly were Afghan refugees, were protesting military action in Afghanistan. (references)

Political Economy

Afghanistan

There was no functioning central government, until December 22, 2001 when the Afghan Interim Administration (AIA) took office. (references)

Afghanistan

The Taliban and members of other warring Afghan factions committed numerous serious human rights abuses in areas they occupied. (references)

Afghanistan

On December 5, a U.N.-sponsored Afghan peace conference in Bonn, Germany approved a broad agreement for the establishment of a 6-month interim authority (AIA) to govern the country. (references)

Political Rights

Afghanistan

Finally, the Bonn Agreement proposed an international security force for the country until the Afghan authorities are prepared to assume responsibility and called on the international community to assist in the formation of a national army and police force. (references)

Women

Afghanistan

Participants in a 1998 survey of 160 Afghan women reported little or no access to health care in Kabul. (references)

Afghanistan

On June 21, religious police arrested four female Afghan WFP employees in a taxi outside the WFP office because they were not accompanied by a male relative. (references)

Worker Rights

Tajikistan

There also may be trafficking of Afghan women through the country to these destinations. (references)

Pakistan

A 1998 study by a trade federation reported that more than 200,000 families work in debt slavery in the brick kiln industry, and there are reports that this figure has grown with the arrival of Afghan refugees to the country. (references)

Pakistan

Smaller numbers of Burmese, Sri Lankan, Indian, Afghan, and Central Asian women also are trafficked into the country and some Pakistani women are trafficked overseas, mainly to Afghanistan or Saudi Arabia to work as prostitutes or domestic workers. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "Afghan": afghan hound ♦ afghan monetary unit. Additional references.

Beginning with "Afghan": afghan-soviet.

Ending with "Afghan": soviet-afghan.

Afrikaan

Afgaans, Afgaan (descend, get, get off, go down). (various references)

Albanian

afgani, afgan. (various references)

Arabic 

‏سجادة كبيرة, ‏اللغة الأفغانية, ‏الأفغاني, ‏أفغاني, ‏بطانية ملونة. (various references)

Bulgarian 

тип персийски килим, афганистански език, афганистански, афганистанец, плетено вълнено одеало, плетен вълнен шал. (various references)

Chinese 

阿富汗 (Afghanistan). (various references)

Czech

afghánský, afghánec. (various references)

Danish

afghaner. (various references)

Dutch

Afghaans, Afghaan. (various references)

Esperanto

afgano, afgana. (various references)

Finnish

afganistanilainen. (various references)

French

afghan. (various references)

German

Afghane, afghanisch, Afghanin. (various references)

Greek 

είδοσ κουβέρτασ, αφγανόσ, Αφγανός. (various references)

Hungarian

afgán (Afghan woman, Afghani). (various references)

Italian

afgano. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

アパレル�"�業 (ability, ability Olympics, affair, Afrikaner, aphorism, apparel business, appeal, appearance money, habitation). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

アフガン . (various references)

Korean 

아�"�가니스탄 (Afghanistan). (various references)

Manx

Afgaanagh. (various references)

Pig Latin

afghanay

Portuguese

afegão (Afghani). (various references)

Russian 

афганский, афганец. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

avganistanski (afghani), avganistanac. (various references)

Spanish

afgano. (various references)

Swedish

afghan. (various references)

Turkish

afganlı, afganca, afgan. (various references)

Ukranian 

афганська мова, афганський, афганка, афганець, пушту. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "Afghan": afghani, afghanis, afghans. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Afghan" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Affan, Affane, affin, afgahan, afgan, Afgshar, aghen, Aghion, Anghone, angsana, Arghan, Aughfad, Esfahan, Fachan, Faha, Farhan, Farhana, Faughnan, gaughain, nfha. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: fanga.

-2 letters: agha, anga, fang, haaf, hang.

-3 letters: aah, aga, aha, ana, fag, fan, gan, hag, nag, nah.

-4 letters: aa, ag, ah, an, fa, ha, na.

+1 letter: afghani, afghans.

+2 letters: afghanis.

+4 letters: shandygaff.

+5 letters: farthingale, grandfather, handfasting, shandygaffs.

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