Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. See Table at currency.
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- n. A monetary currency being used in Afghanistan, divided into 100 pul.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adj. a native or inhabitant of Afghanistan.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. an Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan; the official language of Afghanistan
- n. the basic unit of money in Afghanistan
- adj. of or relating to or characteristic of Afghanistan or its people
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
Examples
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They carry big wads of the local currency, called the afghani, in 1,000 and 10,000 denominations.
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If they were arguing over 10 afghani, they'd spend 500 afghani fighting over it.
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March 27th, 2010 at 12: 12 pm do they have many afghani wedding celebrations in downtown Richmond? cava says:
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In response to bobschacht @ 8 what “achievable goals” are those? will they make us or the afghani people safer? how much will it cost? is it worth it?
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The animal is probably walking around in broad daylight and I am sure all the pakistanis and afghani people know where he is. it not that hard!!! totally neutral
Holder says no need to read Miranda rights to bin Laden if captured
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Yeah, and we leave and the afghani women and children die most brutally.
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Someone mentioned it might as well have been an afghani election given the amount of baksheesh that changed hands allegedly.
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At the 7% that Azizi pays on afghani-denominated accounts, money should double in a little less than 10 years.
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“I bought some tools for 40 afghani at the bazaar in Lashkar Gah,” said Khan Mohammad, from Marja district.
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We cannot live on a salary of 3,000 afghani [60 dollars] a month.
sakhalinskii commented on the word afghani
The currency, not the demonym.
November 7, 2008