alAfghani
alAfghani is not a single person but a nisba, a type of honorific used in Arabic and related languages to indicate origin. The term literally means “the Afghan” and is used to denote provenance from Afghanistan or Afghan communities. In transliteration, it appears as al-Afghani, al-Afgānī, or Afghani, and can function as part of a given name, a family name, or a byname in historical and contemporary contexts.
Linguistically, al-Afghani is formed from the definite article al- plus the adjectiveAfghān with the common nisba
In modern usage, the form persists among Afghans and people of Afghan descent who interact with Arabic,
See also: Afghan people; nisba; onomastics; Afghan diaspora.