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badakhshan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English

Syllables
badakhshan
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A historical region comprising parts of what is now northeastern Afghanistan and southeastern Tajikistan.

name

A province of Afghanistan, named after the historical region.

name

Gorno-Badakhshan (an autonomous province of Tajikistan).

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: بدخشان, -

Questions

What does badakhshan mean?
A historical region comprising parts of what is now northeastern Afghanistan and southeastern Tajikistan.
Where does badakhshan come from?
It is traced to Persian.

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