afghani meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

afghani

nounalso spelled Afghani

/æfˈɡɑːni/

Etymology Borrowed from Classical Persian افغانی (afġānī), derivative of افغان (afġān).

The monetary currency of Afghanistan, divided into 100 pul.

Laila hoped to have a thousand afghanis or more stowed away, half of which would go to the bus fare from Kabul to Peshawar.2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018), page 241:

adj

Etymology From Afghan + -i, or borrowed from Persian افغانی (afġānī / afġâni).

Of or relating to Afghanistan, its people, or its language.

noun

Etymology From Afghan + -i, or borrowed from Persian افغانی (afġānī / afġâni).

Alternative letter-case form of afghani (“Afghanistan's unit of currency”).

A nan (bread) costs 25 Afghanis : a kilogram of beef 800 Afghanis and mutton of the same weight for 1200 Afghanis; […]1990, Central Asia, numbers 26-27, page 137:

Proscribed, Uncommon An Afghan; a native, inhabitant or national of Afghanistan.

This is not the way Afghanis conduct business. For the Afghans, time is not of the essence.2003, Jean-Michel Monod, quoted in Intercultural Management →ISBN, page 182

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