خوزستان
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Persian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From خوز (xuz, “Susia”) and ستان (stân, “place”), meaning land of the Khuzi (Susian) people, the original inhabitants of the region. Alternatively borrowed wholly from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭥𐭰𐭮𐭲𐭭 (ḥʿcstn /hūzestān/, literally “land of Hūz”), itself from [script needed] (hwc /hūz/) + -stan (-stʾn' /-estān/).
The first component is from Old Persian 𐎢𐎺𐎩 (u-v-j /ʰūvja-/, “Elam, Elamite”), or from the name of Susa. Etymologically, compare اهواز, the Arabized broken-plural of Middle Persian [script needed] (hwc /hūz/, “Susia”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): [xuːzesˈtʰɒn]
Proper noun[edit]
Dari | خوزستان |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | Хӯзистон |
خوزستان • (xuzestân)
Derived terms[edit]
- خوزستانی (xuzestâni, “Khuzestani”)