خوزستان

Persian

Etymology

From (xuz, “Susia”) and (-estân, “place”), meaning land of the Khuzi (Susian) people, the original inhabitants of the region. Alternatively borrowed wholly from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭥𐭰𐭮𐭲𐭭 (ḥʿcstn /⁠hūzestān⁠/, literally “land of Hūz”), itself from [script needed] (hwc /⁠hūz⁠/) + -stan (-stʾn' /⁠-estān⁠/).

The first component is from Old Persian 𐎢𐎺𐎩 (u-v-j /⁠ʰūvja-⁠/, “Elam, Elamite”), or from the name of Susa. Etymologically, compare , the Arabized broken-plural of Middle Persian [script needed] (hwc /⁠hūz⁠/, “Susia”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /xoː.zis.ˈtaːn/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xoː.zɪs.t̪ʰɑːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xoː.zɪs.t̪ʰɑːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xu.zis.t̪ʰɔːn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xuː.zes.t̪ʰɒːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χɵ.zis.t̪ʰɔn]

Readings
Classical reading^?	xōzistān
Dari reading^?	xōzistān
Iranian reading^?	xuzestân
Tajik reading^?	xüziston

Proper noun


Iranian Persian	خوزستان
Dari	خوزستان
Tajik	Хӯзистон

خوزستان • (xuzestân)

Khuzestan (a province of Iran)

Derived terms

خوزستانی (xuzestâni, “Khuzestani”)