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Where does “afgāniete” come from?

afgāniete (Latvian) comes from Latvian afgānis, from Persian افغان, from Sogdian ʾβγʾn.

afgāniete (Latvian): a Afghan, a woman from Afghanistan or of Afghan ...

Definitions

  1. a Afghan, a woman from Afghanistan or of Afghan ...

Ancestry of “afgāniete”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianafgānisa Afghan, a man from Afghanistan or of Afghan...
2PersianافغانAfghan; Pashtun; API •
3Sogdianʾβγʾn—
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