Afghanistani

Afghanistani

Afghanistani literally translates to "of or from Afghanistan" as the "i" suffix in Persian means "of or from" (e.g. "Azerbaijani", "Pakistani", "Uzbekistani", etc.). More recently the term has been adopted by the English language and is now in English dictionaries such as Princeton University's lexicon WordNet.

The term Afghanistani also may refer to:

*A native or inhabitant of Afghanistan.afghanistani. Dictionary.com. WordNet 3.0. Princeton University. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/afghanistani (accessed: January 19, 2008)] .

ee also

*Afghan
*Afghani

References


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