# Afghanistan
## English
### Alternative forms

* Affghanistan, Affghanisthan, Affghaunistan, Afghanisthan, Afghaunistan (all obsolete)

### Etymology

From Classical Persian افغانستان (Afğānistān), from افغان (Afğân, “the Afghan, the Afghans”) + ـستان (-estân, “-istan: land of”), equivalent to Afghan +‎ -i- +‎ -stan.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /æfˈɡɑːn.ɪˌstɑːn/, /æfˈɡæn.ɪˌstɑːn/, /æfˈɡæn.ɪˌstæn/
* Audio (UK):(file)
* Audio (US):(file)

### Proper noun

Afghanistan
* A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia. Official name: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Capital and largest city: Kabul.
** 2008 February 19, John F. Burns, “Britain: Life Sentence in Beheading Plot”, in The New York Times‎:Described by witnesses as a keen cricketer and pubgoer until contacts with Islamic militants radicalized him on a trip to Pakistan, he was ordered to serve at least 14 years for the plot, and for supplying militants in Afghanistan with money and equipment.

#### Synonyms

* Graveyard of Empires, AFG

#### Derived terms

* Afghanistanism
* Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
* Emirate of Afghanistan
* Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
* Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
* Kingdom of Afghanistan

#### Related terms

* Afghan
* Afghani
* Afghania
* Afghanistani

#### Translations
### See also

* Appendix:Countries of the world
* Afghanistan
* Armenia
* Azerbaijan
* Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* Bhutan
* Brunei
* Cambodia
* China
* Cyprus
* East Timor
* Georgia
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Iraq
* Israel
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
* Kuwait
* Kyrgyzstan
* Laos
* Lebanon
* Malaysia
* Maldives
* Mongolia
* Myanmar
* Nepal
* North Korea
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Palestine
* Philippines
* Qatar
* Russia
* Saudi Arabia
* Singapore
* South Korea
* Sri Lanka
* Syria
* Taiwan
* Tajikistan
* Thailand
* Turkey
* Turkmenistan
* United Arab Emirates
* Uzbekistan
* Vietnam
* Yemen
* Badakhshan
* Badghis
* Baghlan
* Balkh
* Bamyan
* Daykundi
* Farah
* Faryab
* Ghazni
* Ghor
* Helmand
* Herat
* Jowzjan
* Kabul
* Kandahar
* Kapisa
* Khost
* Kunar
* Kunduz
* Laghman
* Logar
* Nangarhar
* Nimruz
* Nuristan
* Paktia
* Paktika
* Panjshir
* Parwan
* Samangan
* Sar-e Pol
* Takhar
* Uruzgan
* Wardak
* Zabul

## Afrikaans
### Alternative forms

* Afganistan

### Proper noun

Afghanistan
* Afghanistan (A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia; capital: Kaboel)

#### Related terms

* Afghaan
* Afghaans

## Dutch
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑfˈxaːniˌstɑn/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Af‧gha‧ni‧stan

### Proper noun

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

#### Related terms

* Afghaan
* Afghaans
* Afghaanse

## French
### Etymology

Ultimately from Classical Persian افغانستان (afğānistān).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /af.ɡa.nis.tɑ̃/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑ̃

### Proper noun

Afghanistan m
* Afghanistan (A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia; capital: Kaboul)
    aller en Afghanistan ― to go to Afghanistan

#### Related terms

* afghan, Afghan

#### See also

* Afghanistan
* Arabie saoudite
* Arménie
* Azerbaïdjan
* Bahreïn
* Bangladesh
* Bhoutan
* Birmanie
* Brunei
* Cambodge
* Chine
* Chypre
* Corée du Nord
* Corée du Sud
* Émirats arabes unis
* Géorgie
* Inde
* Indonésie
* Irak
* Iran
* Israël
* Japon
* Jordanie
* Kazakhstan
* Kirghizistan
* Koweït
* Laos
* Liban
* Malaisie
* Maldives
* Mongolie
* Népal
* Oman
* Ouzbékistan
* Pakistan
* Palestine
* Philippines
* Qatar
* Russie
* Singapour
* Sri Lanka
* Syrie
* Tadjikistan
* Thaïlande
* Timor oriental
* Turkménistan
* Turquie
* Vietnam
* Yémen

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /afˈɡaːnɪstaːn/
* Audio:(file)
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Af‧gha‧ni‧s‧tan

### Proper noun

Afghanistan n (proper noun, genitive Afghanistans or (optionally with an article) Afghanistan)
* Afghanistan (A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)

#### Related terms

* Afghane
* Afghani
* afghanisch

### Further reading

* “Afghanistan” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Italian
### Alternative forms

* Afganistan

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /afˈɡa.ni.stan/, (traditional) /af.ɡa.niˈstan/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -anistan, (traditional) -an
* Hyphenation: Af‧ghà‧ni‧stan, (traditional) Af‧gha‧ni‧stàn

### Proper noun

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

#### Related terms

* afgano, afghano

### References

* ↑ Afghanistan in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Luxembourgish
### Proper noun

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

## Norman
### Proper noun

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

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑf.ˈɡɑ.nɪ.stɑn/

### Proper noun

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

#### Related terms

* afghaner
* afghansk

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Proper noun

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

#### Related terms

* afghanar
* afghansk

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

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

#### Related terms

* afghan
* afghansk
* afghanska

### References

* Afghanistan in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* Svensk MeSH