Badakhshan

English

Etymology

From Persian بدخشان (badaxšân), from Middle Persian title 𐭡𐭲𐭧𐭱𐭩 (btḥšy /⁠badaxš⁠/); see it for more.

Proper noun

Badakhshan

  1. (historical) A historical region comprising parts of what is now northeastern Afghanistan and southeastern Tajikistan.
  2. A province of Afghanistan, named after the historical region.
  3. Gorno-Badakhshan (an autonomous province of Tajikistan).

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