افغانی
See also: أفغاني
Persian
Etymology
From افغان (afġān / afġân, “Afghan”) + ـی (-ī / -i, suffix forming adjectives).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ʔaf.ɣaː.ˈniː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔäf.ɣɑː.níː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔæf.ɢɒː.níː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔäf.ʁɔ.ní]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | afġānī |
| Dari reading? | afġānī |
| Iranian reading? | afġâni |
| Tajik reading? | afġoni |
Adjective
افغانی • (afġānī / afġâni) (Tajik spelling афғонӣ)
Inflection
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| bare | افغانی (Afġâní) | افغانیها، افغانیا△ (Afġâni-hấ, Afġâniấ△) |
| definitive direct object | افغانی را، افغانی رو△ (Afġâní râ, Afġâní ro△) | افغانیها را، افغانیا رو△ (Afġâni-hấ râ, Afġâniấ ro△) |
| ezâfe | افغانی (Afġâní-ye) | افغانیهای، افغانیای△ (Afġâni-hấ-ye, Afġâniấ-ye△) |
| marked indefinite or relative definite |
افغانی (Afġâní) | افغانیهایی، افغانیایی△ (Afġâni-hấ-yi, Afġâniấ-yi△) |
△ Colloquial.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person (“I am, we are”) |
افغانیام (afġâni-am) | افغانیایم (afġâni-im) |
| 2nd person (“you are”) |
افغانیای (afġâni-i) | افغانیاید، افغانیاین△ (afġâni-id, afġâni-in△) |
| 3rd person (“he/she/it is, they are”) |
افغانی است، افغانیه△ (afġâni ast, afġâni-e△) | افغانیاند، افغانیان△ (afġâni-and, afġâni-an△) |
△ Colloquial.
Noun
افغانی • (afġānī / afġâni) (plural افغانیها (afġānī-hā / afġâni-hâ), Tajik spelling афғонӣ)
- afghani (unit of currency in Afghanistan)
- (Iran, potentially derogatory) synonym of افغان (afġân, “Afghan (person from Afghanistan)”)
- (archaic) synonym of پشتو (paštu, “Pashto (language)”)
Further reading
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “افغانی”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul