خوارزم

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (xwārazm).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xa.waː.rizm/

Proper noun

خَوَارِزْم • (ḵawārizm) f

Chorasmia, Khwarazm (a large oasis geographical region on the Amu Darya river delta in western Central Asia; currently split politically between Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan)

Declension

Declension of noun **خَوَارِزْم** (ḵawārizm)
singular	basic singular diptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	—	خَوَارِزْم ḵawārizm	—
nominative	—	خَوَارِزْمُ ḵawārizmu	—
accusative	—	خَوَارِزْمَ ḵawārizma	—
genitive	—	خَوَارِزْمَ ḵawārizma	—

Derived terms

خَوَارِزْمِيّ (ḵawārizmiyy)

Persian

Etymology

From Old Persian 𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏀𐎷𐎡𐏁 (u-v-a-r-z-mi-i-š /⁠^huvārazmī-⁠/). More at Khwarazm.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /xʷaː.ˈɾazm/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɑː.ɾǽzm]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xɑː.ɾǽzm]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xɔː.ɾǽzm]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xɒː.ɹǽzm]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χɔ.ɾǽzm]

Readings
Classical reading^?	xwārazm
Dari reading^?	xārazm
Iranian reading^?	xârazm
Tajik reading^?	xorazm

Proper noun


Iranian Persian	خوارزم
Dari	خوارزم
Tajik	Хоразм

خوارزم • (xwârazm)

Chorasmia, Khwarazm (a large oasis geographical region on the Amu Darya river delta in western Central Asia; currently split politically between Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan)
- 11th century, Manuchehri:
  خیزید و خز آرید که هنگام خزان است
  باد خنک از جانب خوارزم وزان است
  xêzêd u xaz ârêd ki hangâm-i xazân ast
  bâd-i xunak az jânib-i xwârazm vazân ast
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

خوارزمی (xwârazmi)
خوارزمشاه (xwârazmšâh)
خوارزمشاهیان (xwârazmšâhiyân)

Descendants

→ Arabic: خَوَارِزْم (ḵawārizm)
→ Armenian: Խորեզմ (Xorezm)
→ Azerbaijani: Xarəzm
→ English: Khwarazm
→ Kazakh: Хорезм (Xorezm)
→ Russian: Хоре́зм (Xorézm)
→ Turkish: Harezm
→ Turkmen: Horezm
→ Uzbek: Xorazm