هلمند

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Pashto هلمند (Helmand), from Old Iranian *haytumants (“with dams”) (compare Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬎𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬝 (haētumant̰)), from *haytu (“dam”) +‎ *-mants (possessive suffix), from Proto-Iranian *hHáytuš (from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sHáytuš (“bridge”); compare Sanskrit सेतु (setu)) and *-mánts (from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-mánts; compare Sanskrit -मत् (-mat)).

Proper noun

Dari هلمند
Iranian Persian
Tajik Ҳилманд / Ҳелманд

هلمند • (helmand)

  1. Helmand
    ولایت هلمند ― velâyat-e helmand ― the province of Helmand, Helmand Province
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