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# afghan

«afghan» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person from Afghanistan, a country in Central and South…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an Afghan, Afghans; an afghan, afghans); adjective (Afghan)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An Afghan is a person from Afghanistan, a country in Central and South Asia; Afghan means from or to do with Afghanistan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afghan/#m1)

2) An Afghan hound is a tall dog with long, silky hair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afghan/#m2)

3) (US, Canada) An afghan is a knitted or crocheted blanket, often colourful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afghan/#m3)

4) (UK, older use) An Afghan coat is a sheepskin coat with the woolly side inside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afghan/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In geography it names the people of Afghanistan and things from there (Afghan food, Afghan rugs). In everyday North American homes an afghan is a blanket Grandma knitted. Capital A for the people and the dog; small a for the blanket.

### examples

- Our new classmate is Afghan and speaks Dari and English. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afghan/#x1)
- Afghan food includes rice dishes and flatbread. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afghan/#x2)
- The Afghan hound has long, flowing hair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afghan/#x3)
- Grandma crocheted a bright afghan for my bed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afghan/#x4)
- Afghan rugs are famous for their red patterns. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afghan/#x5)
- We wrapped up in an afghan to watch the film. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afghan/#x6)

### note

People from Afghanistan: «Afghans» (or «Afghan people»); the money of Afghanistan is the «afghani», a different word. Capital letter for people and the country's things. «An» before Afghan.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «afghan» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afghan/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.