Given name & surname · also Persian

Afghani

Afghani is a surname from Classical Persian, ultimately from Bactrian.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Afghani comes from Classical Persian, and ultimately from Bactrian.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Classical Persian افغان, from Bactrian αβαγανο, built from Bactrian *apāka- + *-āna.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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