afghani

See also: Afghani

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian افغانی (afğānī), derivative of افغان (afğān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æfˈɡɑːni/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

afghani (plural afghanis)

1. The monetary currency of Afghanistan, divided into 100 pul.
   • 2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018), page 241:

     Laila hoped to have a thousand afghanis or more stowed away, half of which would go to the bus fare from Kabul to Peshawar.

Translations

national currency of Afghanistan

• Arabic: أَفْغَانِيّ m (ʔafḡāniyy)
• Armenian: աֆղանի (afġani)
• Azerbaijani: əfqani
• Belarusian: афга́ні m (afháni)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿富汗尼 (zh) (āfùhànní)

• Finnish: afgaani (fi)
• Georgian: ავღანი (avɣani)
• Greek: αφγάνι (el) (afgáni)
• Italian: afghani (it) m
• Japanese: アフガニ (afugani)
• Kazakh: ауғани (auğani)
• Korean: 아프가니 (apeugani)
• Kyrgyz: афгани (afgani)
• Malay: afghani
• Pashto: افغانۍ (ps) f (afǧanᶕy)
• Persian:

  Dari: افغانی (fa) (afğānī)

  Iranian Persian: افغانی (fa) (afğâni)

• Polish: afgani (pl) m or n
• Portuguese: afegâni m, afegane m
• Russian: афга́ни (ru) m (afgáni)
• Spanish: afgani (es) m
• Tajik: афғонӣ (afġonī)
• Turkish: afgani
• Ukrainian: афга́ні m (afháni)
• Urdu: افغانی (afġānī)
• Uzbek: afgʻoni

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /afˈɡa.ni/
• Rhymes: -ani
• Hyphenation: af‧ghà‧ni

Adjective

afghani

1. masculine plural of afghano

Noun

afghani m pl

1. plural of afghano

Latin

Adjective

afghanī

1. inflection of afghanus:
   1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
   2. genitive masculine/neuter singular