بلوچستان
Persian edit
Etymology edit
بلوچ (baluč, “Baloch”) + ـستان (-estân)
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ba.loː.t͡ʃis.ˈtɑːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [bæ.luː.t͡ʃʰes.t̪ʰɒ́ːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [bä.lu.t͡ʃʰis.t̪ʰɔ́n]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | balōčistān |
Dari reading? | balōčistān |
Iranian reading? | balučestân |
Tajik reading? | balučiston |
Proper noun edit
Dari | بلوچستان |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | Балучистон |
بلوچستان • (balučestân)
Related terms edit
- بلوچستانی (balučestâni)
Urdu edit
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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/
Audio (PK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːn
- Hyphenation: بَ‧لو‧چِسْ‧تان
Proper noun edit
بَلوچِسْتَان • (balocistān) m (Hindi spelling बलूचिस्तान)
- Balochistan (a province of Pakistan)
- (by extension) Balochistan (a region between the Middle East and South Asia)
- Sistan and Baluchestan (a province of Iran)
- Synonym: سیستان و بلوچستان (sestān o balocistān)
- (rare) A mountainous region of Afghanistan
- Sistan and Baluchestan (a province of Iran)
See also edit
- (administrative units of Pakistan) پاکِسْتان کی اِنْتِظامی تَقْسِیم (pākistān kī intizāmī taqsīm); آزاد کَشْمِیر (āzād kaśmīr), بَلوچِسْتان (balocistān), گِلْگِت بَلْتِسْتان (gilgit baltistān), اِسْلام آباد وِفاقی دارْاَلْحَکُومَت (islām ābād vifāqī dār-alhakūmat), خَیبَر پَخْتُونْخْوا (xaibar paxtūnxvā), پَنْجاب (panjāb), مَقْبُوضَہ کَشْمِیر (maqbūza kaśmīr), سِنْدھ (sindh), (Category: ur:Provinces of Pakistan)