Afganistāna
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See also: Afganistānā
Latvian[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Persian افغان (afğân, “Afghan”) or from Arabic اَفْغَان (afḡān, “Afghan”), and Persian ستان (stân), 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.
Pronunciation[edit]
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Proper noun[edit]
Afganistāna f (4th declension)
- Afghanistan (A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)
- Synonym: Afganistānas Islāma Republika
- Afganistānas karogs ― the flag of Afghanistan
- Afganistāna ir valsts Centrālāzijas dienvidos ― Afghanistan is a country in the south of Central Asia
Declension[edit]
Declension of Afganistāna (4th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | Afganistāna | — |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | Afganistānu | — |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | Afganistānas | — |
| dative (datīvs) | Afganistānai | — |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | Afganistānu | — |
| locative (lokatīvs) | Afganistānā | — |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | Afganistāna | — |