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Etymology edit

بلوچ (baluč, Baloch) +‎ ـستان (-estân)

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? balōčistān
Dari reading? balōčistān
Iranian reading? balučestân
Tajik reading? balučiston

Proper noun edit

Dari بلوچستان
Iranian Persian
Tajik Балучистон

بلوچستان (balučestân)

  1. Balochistan

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Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian بلوچستان (balôčistân), equivalent to بلوچ (baloc, Baloch people) +‎ ـستان (-(i)stān, -land).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /bə.loː.t͡ʃɪs.t̪ɑːn/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːn
  • Hyphenation: بَ‧لو‧چِسْ‧تان

Proper noun edit

بَلوچِسْتَان (balocistānm (Hindi spelling बलूचिस्तान)

  1. Balochistan (a province of Pakistan)
  2. (by extension) Balochistan (a region between the Middle East and South Asia)
    1. Sistan and Baluchestan (a province of Iran)
      Synonym: سیستان و بلوچستان (sestān o balocistān)
    2. (rare) A mountainous region of Afghanistan

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References edit

  • بلوچستان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • بلوچستان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.