جوزجان

Persian

Etymology

Arabicised form of Persian گوزگان (gowzgân, land of walnuts),[1] from گوز (gowz, walnut) +‎ ـگان (-gân, relational suffix).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d͡ʒoːz.d͡ʒɑːn], [d͡ʒäwz.d͡ʒɑːn]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [d͡ʒoːz.d͡ʒɑːn], [d͡ʒäwz.d͡ʒɑːn]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [d͡ʒʊːz.d͡ʒɔːn], [d͡ʒäwz.d͡ʒɔːn]
  • (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [d͡ʒuːz.d͡ʒɒːn], [d͡ʒowz.d͡ʒɒːn]

Readings
Classical reading? jōzjān, jawzjān
Dari reading? jōzjān, jawzjān
Iranian reading? juzjân, jowzjân
Tajik reading? jüzjon

Proper noun

Dari جوزجان
Iranian Persian
Tajik Ҷӯзҷон

جوزجان • (jowzjân)

  1. (historical) Guzgan (a historical region in what is now northern Afghanistan)
  2. Jowzjan (a province of Afghanistan)
    ولایت جوزجانvelâyat-e jowzjânthe province of Jowzjan, Jowzjan Province

References

  1. ^ John Everett-Heath (2019) The Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names[1], 5th edition, Oxford University Press:Jowzjān, Afghanistan: A province, and part of eastern Khorāsān in Iran until 1881 when this area was incorporated into Afghanistan. Arabs conquered the area in 651-2 and the name is believed to be an Arabicized version of the Persian gowzgān '(Land of) Walnuts' from gowz 'walnut'.