"افغان" meaning in Persian

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Interjection

IPA: [ʔaf.ˈɣɑːn] [Classical-Persian], [ʔäf.ɣɑ́ːn] [Dari, formal], [ʔäf.ɣɑ́ːn] [Dari, formal], [ʔäv.ɣɑ́ːn] [Kabuli], [ʔäv.ɣɔ́ːn] (note: Hazaragi), [ʔæf.ɢɒ́ːn] [Iran, formal], [ʔäf.ʁɔ́n] [Tajik, formal] Forms: afğân [romanization]
Etymology: From Sogdian [script needed] (ʾβγʾn /⁠əfɣaːn⁠/). Compare Middle Persian ʾbxwʾn- (abxwān-, “to call, cry”). Etymology templates: {{der|fa|sog|tr=ʾβγʾn|ts=əfɣaːn}} Sogdian [script needed] (ʾβγʾn /⁠əfɣaːn⁠/), {{cog|pal|ʾbxwʾn-||to call, cry|tr=abxwān-}} Middle Persian ʾbxwʾn- (abxwān-, “to call, cry”) Head templates: {{head|fa|interjection|tr=afğân}} افغان • (afğân)
  1. alas
    Sense id: en-افغان-fa-intj-AaGG3XWN
  2. oh
    Sense id: en-افغان-fa-intj-zwQRmnBu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: فغان (fağân)
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: [ʔaf.ˈɣɑːn] [Classical-Persian], [ʔäf.ɣɑ́ːn] [Dari, formal], [ʔäf.ɣɑ́ːn] [Dari, formal], [ʔäv.ɣɑ́ːn] [Kabuli], [ʔäv.ɣɔ́ːn] (note: Hazaragi), [ʔæf.ɢɒ́ːn] [Iran, formal], [ʔäf.ʁɔ́n] [Tajik, formal] Forms: afğân [romanization], افغانها [plural], افاغنه [plural]
Etymology: From Bactrian αβαγανο (abagano), first attested in the fourth century CE, most likely a compound of *apāka- (“distant, faraway”) + [script needed] (-āna, “ethnic group”): "people from a distant land". The /b/ > /f/ shift represents a phonetic peculiarity of the Early New Persian dialect of Khorasan. Etymology templates: {{der|fa|xbc|αβαγανο}} Bactrian αβαγανο (abagano), {{m|xbc|*apāka-|t=distant, faraway}} *apāka- (“distant, faraway”), {{m|xbc||t=ethnic group|tr=-āna}} [script needed] (-āna, “ethnic group”), {{IPAfont|/b/ > /f/}} /b/ > /f/ Head templates: {{head|fa|noun|plural|افغانها|or|افاغنه|||f1tr=afğân-hâ|f2tr=afâğene|f3tr=|head=|head2=|head3=|tr=afğân|tr2=|tr3=}} افغان • (afğân) (plural افغانها (afğân-hâ) or افاغنه (afâğene)), {{fa-noun|pl=افغانها|pl2=افاغنه|pl2tr=afâğene|tr=afğân}} افغان • (afğân) (plural افغانها (afğân-hâ) or افاغنه (afâğene))
  1. Afghan (A person from Afghanistan)
    Sense id: en-افغان-fa-noun-vcdWbtiO Categories (other): Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 3 2 56 25 14
  2. (historical) Pashtun Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-افغان-fa-noun-sBZa6dDE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: افغانستان (afğânestân), افغانی (afğâni)
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ʔaf.ˈɣɑːn] [Classical-Persian], [ʔäf.ɣɑ́ːn] [Dari, formal], [ʔäf.ɣɑ́ːn] [Dari, formal], [ʔäv.ɣɑ́ːn] [Kabuli], [ʔäv.ɣɔ́ːn] (note: Hazaragi), [ʔæf.ɢɒ́ːn] [Iran, formal], [ʔäf.ʁɔ́n] [Tajik, formal] Forms: afğân [romanization]
Etymology: From Sogdian [script needed] (ʾβγʾn /⁠əfɣaːn⁠/). Compare Middle Persian ʾbxwʾn- (abxwān-, “to call, cry”). Etymology templates: {{der|fa|sog|tr=ʾβγʾn|ts=əfɣaːn}} Sogdian [script needed] (ʾβγʾn /⁠əfɣaːn⁠/), {{cog|pal|ʾbxwʾn-||to call, cry|tr=abxwān-}} Middle Persian ʾbxwʾn- (abxwān-, “to call, cry”) Head templates: {{head|fa|noun|||||||f1tr=|f2tr=|f3tr=|head=|head2=|head3=|tr=afğân|tr2=|tr3=}} افغان • (afğân), {{fa-noun|tr=afğân}} افغان • (afğân)
  1. lamentation, cry Synonyms: زاری, فریاد Derived forms: افغان برآوردن (afğân bar-âvardan), افغان برداشتن (afğân bar-dâštan), افغان برکشیدن (afğân bar-kešidan), افغان کردن (afğân kardan)
    Sense id: en-افغان-fa-noun-srGsslDg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: فغان (fağân)
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "afğânestân",
      "word": "افغانستان"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "afğâni",
      "word": "افغانی"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "xbc",
        "3": "αβαγανο"
      },
      "expansion": "Bactrian αβαγανο (abagano)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xbc",
        "2": "*apāka-",
        "t": "distant, faraway"
      },
      "expansion": "*apāka- (“distant, faraway”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xbc",
        "2": "",
        "t": "ethnic group",
        "tr": "-āna"
      },
      "expansion": "[script needed] (-āna, “ethnic group”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "/b/ > /f/"
      },
      "expansion": "/b/ > /f/",
      "name": "IPAfont"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Bactrian αβαγανο (abagano), first attested in the fourth century CE, most likely a compound of *apāka- (“distant, faraway”) + [script needed] (-āna, “ethnic group”): \"people from a distant land\". The /b/ > /f/ shift represents a phonetic peculiarity of the Early New Persian dialect of Khorasan.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "afğân",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "افغانها",
      "roman": "afğân-hâ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "افاغنه",
      "roman": "afâğene",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "افغانها",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "افاغنه",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "afğân-hâ",
        "f2tr": "afâğene",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "afğân",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "افغان • (afğân) (plural افغانها (afğân-hâ) or افاغنه (afâğene))",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "pl": "افغانها",
        "pl2": "افاغنه",
        "pl2tr": "afâğene",
        "tr": "afğân"
      },
      "expansion": "افغان • (afğân) (plural افغانها (afğân-hâ) or افاغنه (afâğene))",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 2 56 25 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Afghan (A person from Afghanistan)"
      ],
      "id": "en-افغان-fa-noun-vcdWbtiO",
      "links": [
        [
          "Afghan",
          "Afghan"
        ],
        [
          "Afghanistan",
          "Afghanistan"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "Pashtun"
      ],
      "id": "en-افغان-fa-noun-sBZa6dDE",
      "links": [
        [
          "Pashtun",
          "Pashtun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) Pashtun"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔaf.ˈɣɑːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäf.ɣɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäf.ɣɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäv.ɣɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäv.ɣɔ́ːn]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔæf.ɢɒ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäf.ʁɔ́n]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "افغان"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "sog",
        "tr": "ʾβγʾn",
        "ts": "əfɣaːn"
      },
      "expansion": "Sogdian [script needed] (ʾβγʾn /⁠əfɣaːn⁠/)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pal",
        "2": "ʾbxwʾn-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to call, cry",
        "tr": "abxwān-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian ʾbxwʾn- (abxwān-, “to call, cry”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Sogdian [script needed] (ʾβγʾn /⁠əfɣaːn⁠/). Compare Middle Persian ʾbxwʾn- (abxwān-, “to call, cry”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "afğân",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "interjection",
        "tr": "afğân"
      },
      "expansion": "افغان • (afğân)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "alas"
      ],
      "id": "en-افغان-fa-intj-AaGG3XWN",
      "links": [
        [
          "alas",
          "alas"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "oh"
      ],
      "id": "en-افغان-fa-intj-zwQRmnBu",
      "links": [
        [
          "oh",
          "oh"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔaf.ˈɣɑːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäf.ɣɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäf.ɣɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäv.ɣɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäv.ɣɔ́ːn]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔæf.ɢɒ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäf.ʁɔ́n]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "fağân",
      "word": "فغان"
    }
  ],
  "word": "افغان"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "sog",
        "tr": "ʾβγʾn",
        "ts": "əfɣaːn"
      },
      "expansion": "Sogdian [script needed] (ʾβγʾn /⁠əfɣaːn⁠/)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pal",
        "2": "ʾbxwʾn-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to call, cry",
        "tr": "abxwān-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian ʾbxwʾn- (abxwān-, “to call, cry”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Sogdian [script needed] (ʾβγʾn /⁠əfɣaːn⁠/). Compare Middle Persian ʾbxwʾn- (abxwān-, “to call, cry”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "afğân",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "afğân",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "افغان • (afğân)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "afğân"
      },
      "expansion": "افغان • (afğân)",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "afğân bar-âvardan",
          "word": "افغان برآوردن"
        },
        {
          "roman": "afğân bar-dâštan",
          "word": "افغان برداشتن"
        },
        {
          "roman": "afğân bar-kešidan",
          "word": "افغان برکشیدن"
        },
        {
          "roman": "afğân kardan",
          "word": "افغان کردن"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lamentation, cry"
      ],
      "id": "en-افغان-fa-noun-srGsslDg",
      "links": [
        [
          "lamentation",
          "lamentation"
        ],
        [
          "cry",
          "cry"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "زاری"
        },
        {
          "word": "فریاد"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔaf.ˈɣɑːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäf.ɣɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäf.ɣɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäv.ɣɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäv.ɣɔ́ːn]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔæf.ɢɒ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäf.ʁɔ́n]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "fağân",
      "word": "فغان"
    }
  ],
  "word": "افغان"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Persian interjections",
    "Persian lemmas",
    "Persian nouns",
    "Persian terms derived from Bactrian",
    "Persian terms derived from Sogdian",
    "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Requests for native script for Bactrian terms",
    "Requests for native script for Sogdian terms",
    "ur:Afghanistan",
    "ur:Ethnonyms",
    "ur:Nationalities"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "afğânestân",
      "word": "افغانستان"
    },
    {
      "roman": "afğâni",
      "word": "افغانی"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "xbc",
        "3": "αβαγανο"
      },
      "expansion": "Bactrian αβαγανο (abagano)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xbc",
        "2": "*apāka-",
        "t": "distant, faraway"
      },
      "expansion": "*apāka- (“distant, faraway”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xbc",
        "2": "",
        "t": "ethnic group",
        "tr": "-āna"
      },
      "expansion": "[script needed] (-āna, “ethnic group”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "/b/ > /f/"
      },
      "expansion": "/b/ > /f/",
      "name": "IPAfont"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Bactrian αβαγανο (abagano), first attested in the fourth century CE, most likely a compound of *apāka- (“distant, faraway”) + [script needed] (-āna, “ethnic group”): \"people from a distant land\". The /b/ > /f/ shift represents a phonetic peculiarity of the Early New Persian dialect of Khorasan.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "afğân",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "افغانها",
      "roman": "afğân-hâ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "افاغنه",
      "roman": "afâğene",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "افغانها",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "افاغنه",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "afğân-hâ",
        "f2tr": "afâğene",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "afğân",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "افغان • (afğân) (plural افغانها (afğân-hâ) or افاغنه (afâğene))",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "pl": "افغانها",
        "pl2": "افاغنه",
        "pl2tr": "afâğene",
        "tr": "afğân"
      },
      "expansion": "افغان • (afğân) (plural افغانها (afğân-hâ) or افاغنه (afâğene))",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Afghan (A person from Afghanistan)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Afghan",
          "Afghan"
        ],
        [
          "Afghanistan",
          "Afghanistan"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Persian terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pashtun"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Pashtun",
          "Pashtun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) Pashtun"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔaf.ˈɣɑːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäf.ɣɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäf.ɣɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäv.ɣɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäv.ɣɔ́ːn]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔæf.ɢɒ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäf.ʁɔ́n]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "افغان"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Persian interjections",
    "Persian lemmas",
    "Persian nouns",
    "Persian terms derived from Sogdian",
    "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Requests for native script for Sogdian terms",
    "ur:Afghanistan",
    "ur:Ethnonyms",
    "ur:Nationalities"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "sog",
        "tr": "ʾβγʾn",
        "ts": "əfɣaːn"
      },
      "expansion": "Sogdian [script needed] (ʾβγʾn /⁠əfɣaːn⁠/)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pal",
        "2": "ʾbxwʾn-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to call, cry",
        "tr": "abxwān-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian ʾbxwʾn- (abxwān-, “to call, cry”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Sogdian [script needed] (ʾβγʾn /⁠əfɣaːn⁠/). Compare Middle Persian ʾbxwʾn- (abxwān-, “to call, cry”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "afğân",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "interjection",
        "tr": "afğân"
      },
      "expansion": "افغان • (afğân)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "alas"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "alas",
          "alas"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "oh"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "oh",
          "oh"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔaf.ˈɣɑːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäf.ɣɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäf.ɣɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäv.ɣɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäv.ɣɔ́ːn]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔæf.ɢɒ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäf.ʁɔ́n]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "fağân",
      "word": "فغان"
    }
  ],
  "word": "افغان"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Persian interjections",
    "Persian lemmas",
    "Persian nouns",
    "Persian terms derived from Sogdian",
    "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Requests for native script for Sogdian terms",
    "ur:Afghanistan",
    "ur:Ethnonyms",
    "ur:Nationalities"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "afğân bar-âvardan",
      "word": "افغان برآوردن"
    },
    {
      "roman": "afğân bar-dâštan",
      "word": "افغان برداشتن"
    },
    {
      "roman": "afğân bar-kešidan",
      "word": "افغان برکشیدن"
    },
    {
      "roman": "afğân kardan",
      "word": "افغان کردن"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "sog",
        "tr": "ʾβγʾn",
        "ts": "əfɣaːn"
      },
      "expansion": "Sogdian [script needed] (ʾβγʾn /⁠əfɣaːn⁠/)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pal",
        "2": "ʾbxwʾn-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to call, cry",
        "tr": "abxwān-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian ʾbxwʾn- (abxwān-, “to call, cry”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Sogdian [script needed] (ʾβγʾn /⁠əfɣaːn⁠/). Compare Middle Persian ʾbxwʾn- (abxwān-, “to call, cry”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "afğân",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "afğân",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "افغان • (afğân)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "afğân"
      },
      "expansion": "افغان • (afğân)",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "lamentation, cry"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lamentation",
          "lamentation"
        ],
        [
          "cry",
          "cry"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "زاری"
        },
        {
          "word": "فریاد"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔaf.ˈɣɑːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäf.ɣɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäf.ɣɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäv.ɣɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäv.ɣɔ́ːn]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔæf.ɢɒ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäf.ʁɔ́n]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "fağân",
      "word": "فغان"
    }
  ],
  "word": "افغان"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Persian dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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