Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

badghis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.35 in modern English

Syllables
badghis
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A province of Afghanistan.

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian بادغیس (bâdġis), from Middle Persian [script needed] (Wādgēs, “a mount”), from Old Iranian (compare Avestan 𐬬𐬁𐬌𐬙𐬌-𐬔𐬀𐬉𐬯𐬀 (vāⁱti-gaēsa, “a mount”)).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: بادغیس

Questions

What does badghis mean?
A province of Afghanistan.
Where does badghis come from?
It is traced to Persian.

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