سجستان
Arabic
Etymology
From Middle Persian [script needed] (sagestān), from Old Persian 𐎿𐎣𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 (sakastāna). Doublet of سِيسْتَان (sīstān).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sa.d͡ʒis.taːn/, /si.d͡ʒis.taːn/
Proper noun
سَجِسْتَان or سِجِسْتَان • (sajistān or sijistān) f
- (archaic) The city of Zabol
- (archaic) Sajistan, a region of the eastern Iranian Plateau now known as Sistan.
Persian
Etymology
Re-borrowing from Arabic سَجِسْتَان (sajistān), from Middle Persian [script needed] (sagestān), from Old Persian 𐎿𐎣𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 (Sakastāna). Doublet of سیستان.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /sa.d͡ʒis.ˈtaːn/, /si.d͡ʒis.ˈtaːn/, /sa.d͡ʒas.ˈtaːn/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [sä.d͡ʒɪs.t̪ʰɑːn], [sɪ.d͡ʒɪs.t̪ʰɑːn], [sä.d͡ʒäs.t̪ʰɑːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [sæ.d͡ʒes.t̪ʰɒːn], [se.d͡ʒes.t̪ʰɒːn], [sæ.d͡ʒæs.t̪ʰɒːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [sä.d͡ʒis.t̪ʰɔn], [si.d͡ʒis.t̪ʰɔn], [sä.d͡ʒäs.t̪ʰɔn]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | sajistān, sijistān, sajastān |
| Dari reading? | sajistān, sijistān, sajastān |
| Iranian reading? | sajestân, sejestân, sajastân |
| Tajik reading? | sajiston, sijiston, sajaston |
Proper noun
سجستان • (sajestân, sejestân, sajastân)