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AFGHANI

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan; the official language of Afghanistan

Synonyms:

Afghan; Afghani; Pashto; Pashtu; Paxto

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Afghani" is a kind of...):

Iranian; Iranian language (the modern Persian language spoken in Iran)

Domain member category:

Jirga (a Pashto term for a decision making assembly of male elders)

Derivation:

Afghani (of or relating to or characteristic of Afghanistan or its people)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The basic unit of money in Afghanistan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("afghani" is a kind of...):

Afghan monetary unit (monetary unit in the Islamic State of Afghanistan)

Meronyms (parts of "afghani"):

pul (100 puls equal 1 afghani in Afghanistan)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of Afghanistan or its people

Synonyms:

Afghan; Afghani; Afghanistani

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Afghanistan (a mountainous landlocked country in central Asia; bordered by Iran to the west and Russia to the north and Pakistan to the east and south)

Derivation:

Afghani (an Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan; the official language of Afghanistan)

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