Meaning

noun a blanket knitted or crocheted in strips or squares; sometimes used as a shawl

noun a native or inhabitant of Afghanistan

noun an Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan; the official language of Afghanistan

originBorrowed from Classical Persian افغان (afġān, “Afghan”), from Bactrian αβαγανο (abagano), first attested in the fourth century CE, most likely a compound of *apāka- (“distant, faraway”), from Proto-Iranian *Hápa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hápa (“away”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó + *-āna (“ethnic group”), from Proto-Indo-European *-nós, thus: "people from a distant land". Various scholars…

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