سجستان

Arabic

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (sagestān), from Old Persian 𐎿𐎣𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 (sakastāna). Doublet of سِيسْتَان (sīstān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.d͡ʒis.taːn/, /si.d͡ʒis.taːn/

Proper noun

سَجِسْتَان or سِجِسْتَان • (sajistān or sijistān) f

1. (archaic) The city of Zabol
2. (archaic) Sajistan, a region of the eastern Iranian Plateau now known as Sistan.

Persian

Etymology

Re-borrowing from Arabic سَجِسْتَان (sajistān), from Middle Persian [script needed] (sagestān), from Old Persian 𐎿𐎣𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 (Sakastāna). Doublet of سیستان.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [sa.d͡ʒis.tɑːn], [si.d͡ʒis.tɑːn], [sa.d͡ʒas.tɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.d͡ʒɪs.t̪ʰɑːn], [sɪ.d͡ʒɪs.t̪ʰɑːn], [sä.d͡ʒäs.t̪ʰɑːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.d͡ʒɪs.t̪ʰɑːn], [sɪ.d͡ʒɪs.t̪ʰɑːn], [sä.d͡ʒäs.t̪ʰɑːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sä.d͡ʒɪs.t̪ʰɑːn], [sɪ.d͡ʒɪs.t̪ʰɑːn], [sä.d͡ʒäs.t̪ʰɑːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sä.d͡ʒis.t̪ʰɔːn], [si.d͡ʒis.t̪ʰɔːn], [sä.d͡ʒäs.t̪ʰɔːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæ.d͡ʒes.t̪ʰɒːn], [se.d͡ʒes.t̪ʰɒːn], [sæ.d͡ʒæs.t̪ʰɒːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.d͡ʒis.t̪ʰɔn], [si.d͡ʒis.t̪ʰɔn], [sä.d͡ʒäs.t̪ʰɔn]

Readings
Classical reading?	sajistān, sijistān, sajastān
Dari reading?	sajistān, sijistān, sajastān
Iranian reading?	sajestân, sejestân, sajastân
Tajik reading?	sajiston, sijiston, sajaston

Proper noun

سجستان • (sajestân, sejestân, sajastân)

1. (archaic) The city of Zabol
2. (archaic) Sejestan, a region of the eastern Iranian Plateau now known as Sistan.