بدخشان

Persian

Alternative forms

  • بذخشان (bazaxšân)
  • بلخشان (balaxšân)

Etymology

From بدخش (badaxš, from Middle Persian 𐭡𐭲𐭧𐭱𐭩 (btḥšy /⁠badaxš⁠/, “bidaxsh, an official Sassanian title”)) +‎ ـان (-ân)

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? badaxšān
Dari reading? badaxšān
Iranian reading? badaxšân
Tajik reading? badaxšon

Proper noun

Dari بدخشان
Iranian Persian
Tajik Бадахшон

بدخشان • (badaxšân)

  1. (historical) Badakhshan (a historical region comprising parts of what is now northeastern Afghanistan and southeastern Tajikistan)
  2. Gorno-Badakhshan (an autonomous province of Tajikistan)
  3. Badakhshan (a province of Afghanistan, named after the historical region)
    ولایت بدخشان ― velâyat-e badaxšân ― the province of Badakhshan, Badakhshan Province

Derived terms

  • بدخشانات (badaxšânât)
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