Ghazni

• Ghazna, Ghuznee

From Pashto and Persian غزنی (Ğazni). Compare Old Median *ganǰam (“treasure”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Ghazni

1. A city in eastern Afghanistan, the former capital of the Ghaznavid Empire.
   • 2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 107:

     Tariq had told her that his parents were taking him south, to the city of Ghazni, to visit his paternal uncle.

2. A province in eastern Afghanistan around the city.

• Alexandria, Alexandria in Opiana, Alexandria Opiana, Jaguda, Ghaznain (historical)

• Zanghi, hazing