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{{also|أفغان}}
==Ottoman Turkish==

===Noun===
{{ota-noun|tr=Afgan}}

# [[Afghan]]

===Adjective===
{{ota-adj|tr=Afgan}}

# [[Afghan]]

==Pashto==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|ps|fa-cls|اَفْغَان}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|ps|/afɣɑn/}}

===Noun===
{{ps-noun|g=m|tr=afǧān}}

# [[Afghan]]

====Declension====
{{ps-noun-m-animate|افغان|afǧān}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|ps|افغانستان|tr=afǧānistān}}

==Persian==

===Pronunciation===
{{fa-IPA|af`ğān}}

===Etymology 1===
{{der+|fa|xbc|αβαγανο}}, first attested in the fourth century CE, most likely a compound of {{m|xbc|*apāka-|t=distant, faraway}} + {{m|xbc||tr=-āna|t=ethnic group}}: "people from a distant land". The {{IPAfont|/b/ > /f/}} shift represents a phonetic peculiarity of the Early New Persian dialect of [[Khorasan]].<ref>{{cite-book|chapter=On the Origin of the Terms "Afghan" & "Pashtun" (Again)|title=Studia Philologica Iranica: Gherardo Gnoli Memorial Volume|author=Johnny Cheung|editors=Enrico Morano, Elio Provasi & Adriano V. Rossi|year=2017|publisher=Scienze e Lettere|location=Rome, Italy|pages=31—51|isbn=9788866871156}}</ref>

====Noun====
{{fa-regional|افغان|افغان|афғон}}
{{fa-noun|tr=afğân|pl=افغان‌ها|pl2=افاغنه|pl2tr=afâğene}}

# [[Afghan]] {{gl|a person from [[Afghanistan]]}}
# {{lb|fa|historical}} [[Pashtun]] {{gl|a person of Pashtun ethnicity}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{col2|fa|افغانستان<tr:afğânestân>|افغانی<tr:afğâni>}}

===Etymology 2===
{{der+|fa|sog|tr=ʾβγʾn|ts=əfɣaːn}}. Cognate with {{cog|pal|ʾbxwʾn-|tr=abxwān-||to call, cry}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alt|fa|فغان|tr=fağân}}

====Interjection====
{{fa-regional|افغان|افغان|афғон}}
{{head|fa|interjection|tr=afğân}}

# [[alas]]
# [[oh]]

====Noun====
{{fa-noun|tr=afğân}}

# [[lamentation]], [[cry]]
#: {{syn|fa|زاری|tr1=zâri|فریاد|tr2=faryâd}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{col2|fa|افغان برآوردن<tr:afğân bar-âvardan>|افغان برداشتن<tr:afğân bar-dâštan>|افغان برکشیدن<tr:afğân bar-kešidan>|افغان کردن<tr:afğân kardan>}}

===References===
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==Urdu==
{{wp|lang=ur}}

===Etymology===
{{bor+|ur|fa-cls|افغان|tr=afğān}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{ur-IPA|afġān}}
* {{rhymes|ur|ɑːn|s=2}}
* {{hyph|ur|اَف|غان}}

===Noun===
{{ur-noun|g=m|head=اَفْغان}}

# [[Afghan]] {{gl|a person from [[Afghanistan]]}}
# {{lb|ur|historical}} [[Pashtun]] {{gl|a person of Pashtun ethnicity}}
#: {{syn|ur|پَٹھان|tr=paṭhān}}

=====Related terms=====
* {{l|ur|افغانستان|tr=afġānistān}}
* {{l|ur|افغانی|tr=afġānī}}

===References===
* {{R:ur:Pakistani Dictionary}}
* {{R:ur:Rekhta}}

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