afghanistani
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any inhabitant of Afghanistan, whether of Afghan ethnicity or not.
adj
Of, relating to, or characteristic of Afghanistan or its people.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epóder. Proto-Indo-European *h₂épo Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hápa Proto-Iranian *Hápa Bactrian *apāka- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Bactrian *-āna Bactrian αβαγανο (abagano)der. Classical Persian افغان (afġān /afġân) Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *os Proto-Indo-Iranian *stáHnam Middle Persian -stʾn' Classical Persian ـستان (-istān /-estân) Classical Persian اَفْغَانِسْتَان (afġānistān)bor. English Afghanistan English -i English Afghanistani From Afghanistan + -i.