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afghan

/ˈæfˌɡæn/noun

afghan is spelled A-F-G-H-A-N: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 6.8 times per million words in written English, the 9,165th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, afghan means “A blanket or throw, usually crocheted or knitted” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of afghan is afghans.

How many letters and syllables are in afghan?

Letters6: A-F-G-H-A-N
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing6.8 times per million words; the 9,165th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is afghan?

Afghan appears 6.8 times per million words in written English, the 9,165th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce afghan?

  • US /ˈæfˌɡæn/
  • US /ˈæfɡən/

Afghan has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Afghan.wav, En-us-afghan.ogg, EN-AU_ck1_afghan.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of afghan

  • afghans plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does afghan mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A blanket or throw, usually crocheted or knitted.

  2. 2

    AustraliaA type of iced chocolate biscuit, sometimes containing cornflakes and topped with a walnut.

noun

as Afghan
  1. 1

    A native or inhabitant of Afghanistan; a person of Afghan citizenship or nationality and their descendants.

  2. 2

    datedA person of Pashtun ethnicity.

  3. 3

    Synonym of Afghan rug.

  4. 4

    Synonym of Afghan Hound.

  5. 5

    Synonym of Afghan coat.

  6. 6

    Alternative letter-case form of afghan (“crocheted or knitted blanket or throw”)

  7. 7

    Alternative letter-case form of afghan (“type of iced chocolate biscuit”)

adjective

as Afghan
  1. 1

    Of, from or relating to Afghanistan, its people, or its culture.

  2. 2

    Of, from, or pertaining to the Pashtun ethnic community.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Afghan in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
FrenchAfghan, Afghane (person from Afghanistan), afghan (pertaining to Afghanistan)
GermanAfghane, Afghanin (person from Afghanistan), afghanisch (pertaining to Afghanistan), Paschtune, Paschtunin (person of Pashtun ethnicity), paschtunisch (pertaining to Pashtun)
Portugueseafegão, afegã (person from Afghanistan)
Spanishafgano, afgana (person from Afghanistan)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does afghan come from?

From Afghan.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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