"Afghani" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: 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 Categories (place): Afghanistan
    Sense id: en-Afghani-en-adj-10-I6w3M Disambiguation of Afghanistan: 45 20 35 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -i Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 49 10 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -i: 28 36 36

Noun

Forms: Afghanis [plural]
Etymology: 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 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -i Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 49 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 45 30 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -i: 28 36 36
  2. (uncommon) An Afghan; a native, inhabitant or national of Afghanistan. Tags: uncommon Categories (topical): Nationalities
    Sense id: en-Afghani-en-noun-yFzReyFU Disambiguation of Nationalities: 22 16 62 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -i Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 49 10 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -i: 28 36 36

Inflected forms

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