afghan

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈæfˌɡæn/, /ˈæfɡən/

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• Rhymes: -æn

afghan (plural afghans)

1. A blanket or throw, usually crocheted or knitted.
2. (Australia, New Zealand) A type of iced chocolate biscuit, sometimes containing cornflakes and topped with a walnut.

• IPA^(key): /af.ɡɑ̃/

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afghan (feminine afghane, masculine plural afghans, feminine plural afghanes)

1. (relational) of Afghanistan; Afghan

• lévrier afghan

• “afghan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

afghan m (definite singular afghanen, indefinite plural afghanar, definite plural afghanane)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of afghanar

From Persian افغان (afğân, “Afghan”) via Prakrit, from Sanskrit अवगाण (avagāṇa, “Afghan”).

afghan c

1. Afghan; person, chiefly male, from Afghanistan
2. Synonym of afghanhund (“Afghan Hound”).

• Afghanistan n (“Afghanistan”)
• afghanska c (“afghan female”)
• afghansk (“Afghan”, adjective)