AFGHANI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Afghani mean? 

• AFGHANI (noun)
  The noun AFGHANI has 2 senses:

1. the basic unit of money in Afghanistan

2. an Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan; the official language of Afghanistan

  Familiarity information: AFGHANI used as a noun is rare.

• AFGHANI (adjective)
  The adjective AFGHANI has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or characteristic of Afghanistan or its people

  Familiarity information: AFGHANI used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AFGHANI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The basic unit of money in Afghanistan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

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

Afghan monetary unit (monetary unit in the Islamic State of Afghanistan)

Meronyms (parts of "afghani"):

pul (100 puls equal 1 afghani in Afghanistan)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan; the official language of Afghanistan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Afghan; Afghani; Pashto; Pashtu; Paxto

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

Iranian; Iranian language (the modern Persian language spoken in Iran)

Domain member category:

Jirga (a Pashto term for a decision making assembly of male elders)

Derivation:

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

• AFGHANI (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of Afghanistan or its people

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

Afghan; Afghani; Afghanistani

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:

Afghani (an Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan; the official language of Afghanistan)