afghan
French, noun
afghan is spelled A-F-G-H-A-N (6 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written French, the 23,487th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Afghan is a French masculine noun meaning “synonym of pachto (“the Pashto language”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Afghan is a different word: “Afghan (native or inhabitant of Afghanistan)”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Langue indo-européenne du groupe iranien-oriental parlée par les Afghans”.
What does afghan mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Afghan (of, from or relating to Afghanistan)
noun
- 1
masculinesynonym of pachto (“the Pashto language”)
noun
- 1
masculineAfghan (native or inhabitant of Afghanistan)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Langue indo-européenne du groupe iranien-oriental parlée par les Afghans. 2. Marijuana provenant d’Afghanistan.
adjective: 1. Relatif à l’Afghanistan, aux Afghans, à leur culture, etc.
noun: 1. Habitant de l’Afghanistan, pays d’Asie centrale.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of afghan
- Afghans plural
- Afghane feminine
- afghane feminine
- afghans masculine plural
- afghanes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to afghan
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is afghan in French?
afghan appears 1.6 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).