بادغیس

Persian

Alternative forms

بادغیش (bâdġiš), باذغیش (bâzġiš), باذغیس (bâzġis), بادخیز (bâdxiz)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (wādgēs, “a mount”), from Old Iranian (compare Avestan 𐬬𐬁𐬌𐬙𐬌-𐬔𐬀𐬉𐬯𐬀 (vāⁱti-gaēsa, “a mount”)).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /baːd.ˈɣiːs/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɑːd̪.ˈɣiːs]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bɑːd̪.ˈɣiːs]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bɔːd̪.ˈɣis]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bɒːd̪.ˈɢiːs]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bɔd̪.ˈʁis]

Readings
Classical reading^?	bādġīs
Dari reading^?	bādġīs
Iranian reading^?	bâdġis
Tajik reading^?	bodġis

Proper noun

بادغیس • (bādġīs / bâdġis) (Tajik spelling Бодғис)

Badghis (a province of Afghanistan)
― wilāyat-i bādġīs ― the province of Badghis, Badghis Province

Descendants

Turkmen: Bathyz