अफ़ग़ानिस्तान

Hindi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian افغانستان (afġānistān). By surface analysis, अफ़ग़ान (afġān) +‎ -इस्तान (-istān).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /əf.ɣɑː.nɪs.t̪ɑːn/, [ɐf.ɣäː.nɪs.t̪ä̃ːn], /əpʰ.ɡɑː.nɪs.t̪ɑːn/, [ɐpʰ.ɡäː.nɪs.t̪ä̃ːn]

Proper noun

अफ़ग़ानिस्तान • (afġānistānm (Urdu spelling افغانستان)

  1. Afghanistan (a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)

Declension

Declension of अफ़ग़ानिस्तान (sg-only masc cons-stem)
singular
direct अफ़ग़ानिस्तान
afġānistān
oblique अफ़ग़ानिस्तान
afġānistān
vocative अफ़ग़ानिस्तान
afġānistān

See also

countries in Asia: एशिया के देश (eśiyā ke deś) (appendix)edit