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| In a political sense, the term '''Af<u>gh</u>ān''' refers to the citizens of |
In a political sense, the term '''Af<u>gh</u>ān''' refers to the '']''. From an ethnological point of view, ''Af<u>gh</u>ān'' is the term by which ] are designated by ].<ref name=Iranica>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Kieffer |first=Ch. M. |editor= ]|encyclopedia= ]|title= AFGÚAÚN|url= http://www.iranica.com/newsite/articles/v1f5/v1f5a037.html|accessmonthday=December 27 |accessyear2007 =|edition= Online Edition|publisher= ]|location= United States}}</ref> Additionally, ], the language of the Pashtuns, is known as ''Af<u>gh</u>ān language''. | ||
| ''American Ethnologist'' 13(1): pp. 62-79 </ref>, Pushtuns<ref>Ahmed, Akbar S. (1983) ''Religion and Politics in Muslim Society: Order and Conflict in Pakistan'' Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England, ISBN 0-521-24635-0 </ref>, Pakhtuns<ref>Rittenberg, Stephen Alan (1968) ''Ethnicity, Nationalism, and the Pakhtuns: The Independence Movement in India's North-West Frontier Province'' Carolina Academic Press, Durham, N.C., ISBN 0-89089-277-6 </ref> or Pathans<ref>Caroe, Olaf Kirkpatrick (1958) ''The Pathans, 550 B. C.-A. D. 1957'' St. Martin's Press, New York, </ref><ref>Spain, James W. (1972) ''The Way of the Pathans'' Oxford University Press, Karachi, </ref> | |||
| , nonetheless, ] use the term ''Af<u>gh</u>ān'' to designate the Pashtun people.<ref name=Iranica>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Kieffer |first=Ch. M. |editor= ]|encyclopedia= ]|title= AFGÚAÚN|url= http://www.iranica.com/newsite/articles/v1f5/v1f5a037.html|accessmonthday=December 27 |accessyear2007 =|edition= Online Edition|publisher= ]|location= United States}}</ref> Additionally, ], the language of the Pashtuns, is also known as ''Af<u>gh</u>ān language''.{{Fact|date=December 2007}} | |||
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| The term '''Afghan''' may also refer to: | The term '''Afghan''' may also refer to: | ||
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In a political sense, the term Afghān refers to the citizens of Afghanistan. From an ethnological point of view, Afghān is the term by which Pashtuns are designated by Persian-speakers. Additionally, Pashto, the language of the Pashtuns, is known as Afghān language.
The term Afghan may also refer to:
- The Afghan hound
- An Afghan blanket
- An Afghan carpet
For etymology of Afghan/Afghanistan, see Origins of the name Afghan.
See also
References
- Kieffer, Ch. M. "AFGÚAÚN". In Ehsan Yarshater (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica (Online Edition ed.). United States: Columbia University.
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