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n. (given name male A=A Russian from=Russian English)
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Afanasy is the Russian form of Athanasios, a Greek name meaning " immortal". It may refer to:
People:
- Afanasy Nikitin (d. 1472), Russian merchant and traveler
- Afanasy Shchapov (1830–1876), Russian historian
The surname Afanasyev is derived from the name. The surname Afonin is derived from Afonya, the short form of the name.
Category:Slavic masculine given names
Usage examples of "afanasy".
Is she counting on what is left of her hundred and twenty roubles of pension when Afanasy Ivanovitch's debt is paid?
How are you going to save them from Svidrigailovs, from Afanasy Ivanovitch Vahrushin, oh, future millionaire Zeus who would arrange their lives for them?
The first I heard of it was from Afanasy Pavlovitch the day before yesterday.
Now that everyone has heard that Dounia is to marry Pyotr Petrovitch, my credit has suddenly improved and I know that Afanasy Ivanovitch will trust me now even to seventy-five roubles on the security of my pension, so that perhaps I shall be able to send you twenty-five or even thirty roubles.
Vasya, the messenger boy in Afanasy Ivanitch's shop, is better dressed!