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AFGHANISTANI

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Afghanistan

Synonyms:

Afghan; Afghanistani

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Afghanistani" is a kind of...):

Asian; Asiatic (a native or inhabitant of Asia)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Afghanistani"):

Kafir (a member of the Kafir people in northeastern Afghanistan)

Pashtoon; Pashtun; Pathan; Pushtun (a member of the mountain people living in the eastern regions of Afghanistan)

Holonyms ("Afghanistani" is a member of...):

Afghanistan; Islamic State of Afghanistan (a mountainous landlocked country in central Asia; bordered by Iran to the west and Russia to the north and Pakistan to the east and south)

Derivation:

Afghanistani (of or relating to or characteristic of Afghanistan or its people)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of Afghanistan or its people

Synonyms:

Afghan; Afghani; Afghanistani

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Afghanistan (a mountainous landlocked country in central Asia; bordered by Iran to the west and Russia to the north and Pakistan to the east and south)

Derivation:

Afghanistani (a native or inhabitant of Afghanistan)

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