Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

khuzestan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.75 in modern English

Syllables: khuzes-tan
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A province of Iran. Capital: Ahvaz.

Etymology

Borrowed from Iranian Persian خوزستان (xuzestân), from خوز (xuz), name of the indigenous people of the region, and the suffix ـستان (-estân, “-stan”), or borrowed wholly from Middle Persian hwcstʾn' / 𐭧𐭥𐭰𐭮𐭲𐭭 (Hūzestān, literally “land of Hūz”), itself from hwc (Hūz) + -stʾn' (-estān, “-stan”). The first component is from Old Persian 𐎢𐎺𐎩 (u-v-j /⁠ʰūja-⁠/, “Elam, Elamite”), or from the name of Susa. Compare Ancient Greek Οὔξιοι (Oúxioi), Classical Syriac ܒܝܬ ܗܘܙܝܐ (Bêṯ Hūzāyē), Old Armenian խուժ (xuž, “wild, savage”), Armenian խուժան (xužan, “mob”). The city name Ahvaz is also related. See Origin of the name Khuzestan for more.

Origin

Source language: Middle Persian

Word Breakdown

Root: خوزستان, hwcstʾn', 𐎢𐎺𐎩

Inflected Forms

Khūzestān (alternative) Khuzistān (alternative) Khouzestan (alternative) Khoozestan (alternative)

Questions

What does khuzestan mean?: A province of Iran. Capital: Ahvaz.
Where does khuzestan come from?: It is traced to Middle Persian.

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