Baloutchistan

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian بلوچستان (balučestân, balōčistān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.lut.ʃis.tɑ̃/

Proper noun

Baloutchistan m

1. Balochistan (a region on the Iranian plateau in south-western Asia, northwest of the Arabian Sea, dominated by desert and mountains, composed of southwestern Pakistan, southeastern Iran and a strip of southwestern Afghanistan; inhabited by the Baloch people)
2. Balochistan (a province of Pakistan)