# Afganistan
## Afrikaans
### Proper noun

Afganistan
* Alternative spelling of Afghanistan: Afghanistan (A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)

#### Related terms

* Afgaan
* Afgaans

## Albanian
### Proper noun

Afganistan m (definite Afganistani)
* Afghanistan (A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)

#### Derived terms

* afgan

## Basque
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Afganistán (“Afghanistan”), ultimately from Persian افغان (afğân, “Afghan”) or Arabic أَفْغَان (ʔafḡān, “Afghan”) + Persian ـستان (-estân, “place of”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /afɡanis̺tan/ [af.ɣ̞a.nis̺.t̪ãn]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -is̺tan, -an
* Hyphenation: Af‧ga‧nis‧tan

### Proper noun

Afganistan inan
* Afghanistan (A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)

#### Derived terms

* afganistandar (“Afghan”)

#### Related terms

* afgani
* afganiar (“Afghan”)

### Further reading

* “38.- Munduko estatuen izenak, herritarren izenak, hizkuntza ofizialak eta hiriburuak [Names of the states of the world, nationalities, official languages and capitals]”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Arauak, Euskaltzaindia, 2019

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [əv.ɣə.nisˈtan]
* IPA: (Valencia) [av.ɣa.nisˈtan]
* Audio (Valencia):(file)

### Proper noun

Afganistan m
* Afghanistan (A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)

#### Related terms

* afganès

## Central Nahuatl
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Afganistán.

### Proper noun

Afganistan
* Afghanistan (A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)

## Estonian
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑfɡ̊ɑnisˈtɑːn/, [ɑfɡ̊ɑnʲisˈtɑːn]
* Rhymes: -ɑːn
* Hyphenation: Af‧ga‧nis‧tan

### Proper noun

Afganistan (genitive Afganistani, partitive Afganistani)
* Afghanistan (A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)

#### Declension
### References

* Afganistan in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Persian افغان (afğân, “Afghan”) or Arabic اَفْغَان (afḡān, “Afghan”) + Persian ـستان (-estân, “place of”).

### Proper noun

Afganistan
* Afghanistan (A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)

#### Declension
## Finnish
### Etymology

From Persian افغانستان (afğânestân).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑfɡɑnistɑn/, [ˈɑ̝fɡɑ̝ˌnis̠tɑ̝n]
* Rhymes: -istɑn
* Hyphenation: Af‧ga‧nis‧tan

### Proper noun

Afganistan
* Afghanistan (A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Afganistan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Afganistanini
accusative
nom.
Afganistanini
gen.
Afganistanini
genitive
Afganistanini
partitive
Afganistaniani
inessive
Afganistanissani
elative
Afganistanistani
illative
Afganistaniini
adessive
Afganistanillani
ablative
Afganistaniltani
allative
Afganistanilleni
essive
Afganistaninani
translative
Afganistanikseni
abessive
Afganistanittani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Afganistanisi
accusative
nom.
Afganistanisi
gen.
Afganistanisi
genitive
Afganistanisi
partitive
Afganistaniasi
inessive
Afganistanissasi
elative
Afganistanistasi
illative
Afganistaniisi
adessive
Afganistanillasi
ablative
Afganistaniltasi
allative
Afganistanillesi
essive
Afganistaninasi
translative
Afganistaniksesi
abessive
Afganistanittasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Afganistanimme
accusative
nom.
Afganistanimme
gen.
Afganistanimme
genitive
Afganistanimme
partitive
Afganistaniamme
inessive
Afganistanissamme
elative
Afganistanistamme
illative
Afganistaniimme
adessive
Afganistanillamme
ablative
Afganistaniltamme
allative
Afganistanillemme
essive
Afganistaninamme
translative
Afganistaniksemme
abessive
Afganistanittamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Afganistaninne
accusative
nom.
Afganistaninne
gen.
Afganistaninne
genitive
Afganistaninne
partitive
Afganistanianne
inessive
Afganistanissanne
elative
Afganistanistanne
illative
Afganistaniinne
adessive
Afganistanillanne
ablative
Afganistaniltanne
allative
Afganistanillenne
essive
Afganistaninanne
translative
Afganistaniksenne
abessive
Afganistanittanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Afganistaninsa
accusative
nom.
Afganistaninsa
gen.
Afganistaninsa
genitive
Afganistaninsa
partitive
Afganistaniaan Afganistaniansa
inessive
Afganistanissaan Afganistanissansa
elative
Afganistanistaan Afganistanistansa
illative
Afganistaniinsa
adessive
Afganistanillaan Afganistanillansa
ablative
Afganistaniltaan Afganistaniltansa
allative
Afganistanilleen Afganistanillensa
essive
Afganistaninaan Afganistaninansa
translative
Afganistanikseen Afganistaniksensa
abessive
Afganistanittaan Afganistanittansa
instructive
comitative

#### Derived terms

* afganistanilainen
* afganistaninpiiskujänis
* afganistaninpika

#### Related terms

* afgaani

## Gagauz
### Proper noun

Afganistan
* Afghanistan (A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈav.ka(ː)nɪ(ˌ)staːn/
* Rhymes: -aːn

### Proper noun

Afganistan n (proper noun, genitive singular Afganistan or (equally common) Afganistans)
* Afghanistan (A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)

#### Declension

$^1$Equally common.

## Ido
### Proper noun

Afganistan
* Afghanistan (A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch Afghanistan, from Persian افغان (afğân, “Afghan”) or Arabic أَفْغَان (ʔafḡān, “Afghan”) + Persian ـستان (-estân, “place of”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [afɡaˈnɪstan]
* Hyphenation: Af‧ga‧nis‧tan

### Proper noun

Afganistan
* Afghanistan (A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)

#### Alternative forms

* Afghanistan: nonstandard or standard Indonesian, standard Malay

### See also

* Afganistan
* Arab Saudi
* Armenia
* Azerbaijan
* Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* Bhutan
* Brunei
* Filipina
* Georgia
* India
* Indonesia
* Irak
* Iran
* Israel
* Jepang
* Kamboja
* Kazakhstan
* Kirgizstan
* Korea Selatan
* Korea Utara
* Kuwait
* Laos
* Libanon
* Maladewa
* Malaysia
* Mesir
* Mongolia
* Myanmar
* Nepal
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Palestina
* Qatar
* Rusia
* Singapura
* Siprus
* Sri Lanka
* Suriah
* Taiwan
* Tajikistan
* Thailand
* Timor Leste
* Tiongkok
* Turki
* Turkmenistan
* Uni Emirat Arab
* Uzbekistan
* Vietnam
* Yaman
* Yordania

### Further reading

* “Afganistan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Italian
### Proper noun

Afganistan m
* Alternative spelling of Afghanistan

## Kashubian
### Alternative forms

* Afganistón

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /av.ɡaˈɲis.tan/
* Rhymes: -istan
* Syllabification: Af‧ga‧nis‧tan

### Proper noun

Afganistan m ?
* Afghanistan (A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)

#### Derived terms

* Afganka
* Afgańczik

### Further reading

* Jan Trepczyk (1994) “Afganistan”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
* Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “Afganistan”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎

## Maltese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /af.ɡa.nɪsˈtaːn/
* Audio (Gozo):(file)

### Proper noun

L-Afganistan m
* Afghanistan (A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia; official name: Repubblika Iżlamika tal-Afganistan)

## Mauritian Creole
### Etymology

From French Afghanistan.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [afɡanistɑ̃]

### Proper noun

Afganistan
* Afghanistan (A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)

#### Related terms

* Afgan

## Occitan
### Proper noun

Afganistan m
* Afghanistan (A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)

#### Related terms

* afgan

## Polish
### Etymology

Internationalism; ultimately from Classical Persian افغانستان (Afğānistān).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /av.ɡaˈɲis.tan/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -istan
* Syllabification: Af‧ga‧nis‧tan

### Proper noun

Afganistan m inan (related adjective afgański or afganistański, demonym Afgańczyk, female demonym Afganka)
* Afghanistan (A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)

#### Related terms

* afgan
* afgani
* afganiec
* afgańskość

### Further reading

* Afganistan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* Afganistan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Afganistan n
* Afghanistan (A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Alternative forms

* Avganìstān (Serbia)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /afɡanǐstaːn/
* Hyphenation: Af‧ga‧nis‧tan

### Proper noun

Afganìstān m (Cyrillic spelling Афганѝста̄н)
* (Bosnia, Croatia) Afghanistan (A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)

#### Declension
## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈafɡaɲistan]

### Proper noun

Afganistan m inan (genitive singular Afganistanu, declension pattern of dub)
* Afghanistan (A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)

### References

* “Afganistan”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Slovene
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aʋɡáːnistan/

### Proper noun

Afgȃnistan m inan
* Afghanistan (A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)

#### Related terms

* Afgánistanec / Afgánistanka
* afgánistanski

## Tatar
### Proper noun

Afganistan
* Latin spelling of Афганистан (Afganistan)

#### Declension
## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish افغانستان (Afganistan).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /af.ɡa.nisˈtan/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Afganistan
* Afghanistan (A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)

#### Declension
### See also

* Afganistan
* Azerbaycan
* Bahreyn
* Bangladeş
* Birleşik Arap Emirlikleri
* Bruney
* Butan
* Çin
* Doğu Timor
* Endonezya
* Ermenistan
* Filipinler
* Filistin
* Güney Kore
* Gürcistan
* Hindistan
* Irak
* İran
* İsrail
* Japonya
* Kamboçya
* Katar
* Kazakistan
* Kıbrıs
* Kırgızistan
* Kuveyt
* Kuzey Kore
* Laos
* Lübnan
* Maldivler
* Malezya
* Mısır
* Moğolistan
* Myanmar
* Nepal
* Özbekistan
* Pakistan
* Rusya
* Singapur
* Sri Lanka
* Suriye
* Suudi Arabistan
* Tacikistan
* Tayland
* Tayvan
* Türkiye
* Türkmenistan
* Umman
* Ürdün
* Vietnam
* Yemen

## Turkmen
### Proper noun

Afganistan
* Afghanistan (A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)