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afghani

afghani

1 8.3
The unit of money used in Afghanistan that equals 100 pul
  • noun
  • /æfˈɡɑːni/
: afgani
  • The first lesson costs ten afghani, while the second lesson only costs five afghani.
  • afghani currency

Examples

  • She works at the bread factory in Kabul, with a salary of three thousand afghani (sixty dollars) a month.

  • The money goes to the Afghanistan International Bank that lacks any authority to convert this dollar to Afghani to auction it, right?

  • She works at the bread factory in Kabul, with a salary of three thousand afghani (sixty dollars) a month.

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  • Yusuf earns 100 Afghani (2 USD) for reciting prayers over graves being visited.

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  • Yusuf earns 100 Afghani (2 USD) for reciting prayers over graves being visited.

Compounds

Afghani language
7.1

A name sometimes used for Pashto or Dari, the main languages of Afghanistan

Surface Forms

afghani singular
afghanis plural

Etymology

The word afghani comes from the country name Afghan plus the Persian ending -i, which means 'from' or 'of'. So an afghani is literally 'from Afghanistan', and that is why the word is used for the country's money.