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Afghani

noun

  1. currency of Afghanistan
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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: From Afghan + -i, or directly from Persian افغانی (“Afghan (nonstandard)”).

  1. Of or relating to Afghanistan, its people, or its language.

noun

Etymology: From Afghan + -i, or directly from Persian افغانی (“Afghan (nonstandard)”).

  1. Alternative letter-case form of afghani (“Afghanistan's unit of currency”).

    A nan (bread) costs 25 Afghanis : a kilogram of beef 800 Afghanis and mutton of the same weight for 1200 Afghanis; […]

  2. An Afghan; a native, inhabitant or national of Afghanistan.

    This is not the way Afghanis conduct business. For the Afghans, time is not of the essence.