afghan meaning
The ethnonym Afghan (Ø§ÙØºØ§Ù AfÄ¡Än) has been used in the past to denote a member of the Pashtuns,[1] and that usage still persists in some places in Afghanistan.[2] The name Afghanistan (Ø§ÙØºØ§ÙØ³ØªØ§Ù AfÄ¡ÄnistÄn; Afghan + -stan) is a derivation from the ethnonym Afghan, originally in the loose meaning land of the Pashtuns and referred to the Pashtun ...