"Afghani" meaning in All languages combined

See Afghani on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Etymology: From Afghan + -i, or directly from Persian افغانی (“Afghan (nonstandard)”). Etymology templates: {{suf|en|Afghan|i}} Afghan + -i, {{der|en|fa|افغانی||Afghan (nonstandard)}} Persian افغانی (“Afghan (nonstandard)”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Afghani (not comparable)
  1. Of or relating to Afghanistan, its people, or its language. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-Afghani-en-adj-10-I6w3M Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -i, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Afghanistan, Nationalities Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 8 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -i: 51 18 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 67 7 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 79 5 16 Disambiguation of Afghanistan: 47 19 33 Disambiguation of Nationalities: 80 3 17

Noun [English]

Forms: Afghanis [plural]
Etymology: From Afghan + -i, or directly from Persian افغانی (“Afghan (nonstandard)”). Etymology templates: {{suf|en|Afghan|i}} Afghan + -i, {{der|en|fa|افغانی||Afghan (nonstandard)}} Persian افغانی (“Afghan (nonstandard)”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} Afghani (plural Afghanis)
  1. Alternative letter-case form of afghani (“Afghanistan's unit of currency”) Tags: alt-of Alternative form of: afghani (extra: Afghanistan's unit of currency)
    Sense id: en-Afghani-en-noun-BKd3xwXh
  2. (uncommon, proscribed) An Afghan; a native, inhabitant or national of Afghanistan. Tags: proscribed, uncommon
    Sense id: en-Afghani-en-noun-yFzReyFU

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