Afghanistan (a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)
eş: Islamische Republik Afghanistan, Demokratische Republik Afghanistan, Islamischer Staat Afghanistan, Islamischer Übergangsstaat Afghanistan, Königreich Afghanistan, Republik Afghanistan
Afghanistan (a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia; official name: República Islâmica do Afeganistão; capital and largest city: Cabul)
köken: Ultimately from Classical Persian افغانستان (afġānistān), apparently through English Afghanistan, though exact derivation is unclear.
alternative form of Afghánistán: Afghanistan (a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)
Etimoloji
Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Persian افغان (afġân, “Afghan”) or from Arabic اَفْغَان (afḡān, “Afghan”), and Persian ـستان (-estân), a common ending for country names. In Latvian, the word was made into a feminine, 4th-declension noun, following the general pattern for country names.