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Afghan   /ˈæfgˌæn/   Listen
Afghan

adjective
1.
Of or relating to or characteristic of Afghanistan or its people.  Synonyms: Afghani, Afghanistani.
noun
1.
A blanket knitted or crocheted in strips or squares; sometimes used as a shawl.
2.
A native or inhabitant of Afghanistan.  Synonym: Afghanistani.
3.
An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan; the official language of Afghanistan.  Synonyms: Afghani, Pashto, Pashtu, Paxto.
4.
A coat made of sheepskin.  Synonym: sheepskin coat.
5.
Tall graceful breed of hound with a long silky coat; native to the Near East.  Synonym: Afghan hound.



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"Afghan" Quotes from Famous Books



... for surgeons in the army. Having completed my studies there, I was duly attached to the Fifth Northumberland Fusiliers as Assistant Surgeon. The regiment was stationed in India at the time, and before I could join it, the second Afghan war had broken out. On landing at Bombay, I learned that my corps had advanced through the passes, and was already deep in the enemy's country. I followed, however, with many other officers who were in the same situation as myself, and succeeded ...
— A Study In Scarlet • Arthur Conan Doyle
... eighty dollars cash, a bit of black and gold brocade flung adroitly over the imitation hearth, a cot masquerading under a Mexican afghan of many colors, a canary in a cage, a potted geranium, a shallow chair with a threadbare head-rest, a lamp, a rug, a two-burner gas-stove, ...
— Every Soul Hath Its Song • Fannie Hurst
... left the room and soon returned with a large afghan. "You must take a horizontal position in order that my spell ...
— Opening a Chestnut Burr • Edward Payson Roe
... out and beheld for the first time the grim, bone-handled, triangular Afghan knife. It was ...
— Soldier Stories • Rudyard Kipling
... Aughan danad, kadr-i-kunra Kabuli: The worth of coynte the Afghan knows: Cabul prefers ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 10 • Richard F. Burton


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