Afghani

[af-gan-ee, -gah-nee]

noun

Afghan(def 1).

Pashto.

(lowercase) a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, equal to 100 puls. Abbreviation: Agh.

Origin of Afghani

1925–30; < Persian Afghān Afghan + -ī suffix of appurtenance

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Examples from the Web for afghani

Contemporary Examples of afghani

Definitely not an Afghani, because most people have never met one.
The Taliban Trolled the Internet with a Dog Video and Upstaged an American POW
Brian Van Reet
February 11, 2014
A striking example of this effect is the iconic National Geographic cover of Afghani girl Sharbat Gula.
On St. Patrick’s Day, Beware Those Sly Green Eyes
Laura Dimon
March 17, 2013
Who are some great Afghani writers that your readers should know about, but who are not so well known abroad?
Khaled Hosseini: How I Write
Noah Charney
November 7, 2012
One Afghani reporter asked a still more pointed question: How do you think the U.S. should rebuild the Afghanistan you destroyed?
Osama bin Laden: Why He Won
E.J. Graff
May 15, 2011

British Dictionary definitions for afghani

afghani

noun

the standard monetary unit of Afghanistan, divided into 100 puli

Afghani

noun

Jamal ad-Din al-. 1839–97, Iranian Muslim religious and political reformer; a proponent of Muslim unity, he resisted European interference in Muslim countries

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