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ahvaz

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.78 in modern English

Syllables
ah-vaz
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city in Iran, the seat of Ahvaz County's Central District and the capital of Khuzestan Province.

name

A county of Iran, around the city.

Etymology

From Persian اهواز (ahvâz), from Arabic أَهْوَاز (ʔahwāz) and اَلْأَهْوَاز (al-ʔahwāz), a shortened form of سُوق الْأَهْوَاز (sūq al-ʔahwāz), a partial-calque of Middle Persian Hūǰestān-vāčār (literally “the market of Khuzestan”), name of a major town in Sassanian-era Khuzestan; see Khuzestan for more.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: اهواز, أَهْوَاز

Inflected Forms

Ahwaz (alternative)

Questions

What does ahvaz mean?
A city in Iran, the seat of Ahvaz County's Central District and the capital of Khuzestan Province.
Where does ahvaz come from?
It is traced to Persian.

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