# Ghazni

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #72,348

## Definitions
1. A city, the capital of the province of Ghazni in eastern Afghanistan; the former capital of the Ghaznavid Empire.
2. A province in eastern Afghanistan.

## Etymology
From Pashto and Persian غزنی (Ġazni). Compare Old Median *ganǰam (“treasure”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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