خوزستان

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خوزستان

Location of Khuzestan within Iran

Etymology edit

From (xuz, “Susia”) and (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 , the Arabized broken-plural of Middle Persian [script needed] (hwc /⁠hūz⁠/, “Susia”).

Pronunciation edit

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [xuːzesˈtʰɒn]

Proper noun edit


Iranian Persian	خوزستان
Dari	خوزستان
Tajik	Хӯзистон

خوزستان • (xuzestân)

Khuzestan, one of the provinces of Iran, with its capital in Ahvaz

Derived terms edit

خوزستانی (xuzestâni, “Khuzestani”)