Sistan

English

Etymology

From Persian سیستان (sistân), from earlier Persian سجستان (sajestân), from سکاستان (sakâstân), from Old Persian 𐎿𐎣𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 (Sakastāna).

Proper noun

Sistan

  2. A province in eastern Iran; in full, Sistan and Baluchestan.
  4. (historical) A geographic region of the eastern Iranian Plateau in eastern Iran and southern Afghanistan, extending into southwestern Pakistan; inhabited by the Scythian Saka tribe between the 2nd century BCE and 1st century C.E..
  5. Former name of Zabol.

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