بلوچستان
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See also: بلوچِستان
Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From بلوچ (baluč, “Baloch”) + ـستان (-estân).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ba.loː.t͡ʃis.ˈtɑːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [bæ.luː.t͡ʃʰes.t̪ʰɒ́ːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [bä.lu.t͡ʃʰis.t̪ʰɔ́n]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | balōčistān |
Dari reading? | balōčistān |
Iranian reading? | balučestân |
Tajik reading? | balučiston |
Proper noun
[edit]Dari | بلوچستان |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | Балучистон |
بلوچستان • (balučestân)
- Balochistan (a region on the Iranian plateau in south-western Asia, northwest of the Arabian Sea, dominated by desert and mountains, composed of southwestern Pakistan, southeastern Iran and a strip of southwestern Afghanistan; inhabited by the Baloch people)
- Balochistan (a province of Pakistan)
Related terms
[edit]- بلوچستانی (balučestâni)
Urdu
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian بلوچستان (balôčistân), equivalent to بلوچ (baloc, “Baloch people”) + ـستان (-(i)stān, “-land”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /bə.loː.t͡ʃɪs.t̪ɑːn/
Audio (Pakistan): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːn
- Hyphenation: بَ‧لو‧چِسْ‧تان
Proper noun
[edit]بَلوچِسْتَان • (balocistān) m (Hindi spelling बलूचिस्तान)
- Balochistan (a province of Pakistan)
- (by extension) Balochistan (a region between the Middle East and South Asia)
- Sistan and Baluchestan (a province of Iran)
- Synonym: سیستان و بلوچستان (sestān o balocistān)
- (rare) A mountainous region of Afghanistan
- Sistan and Baluchestan (a province of Iran)
See also
[edit]- (administrative units of Pakistan) پاکِسْتان کی اِنْتِظامی تَقْسِیم (pākistān kī intizāmī taqsīm); آزاد کَشْمِیر (āzād kaśmīr), بَلوچِسْتان (balocistān), گِلْگِت بَلْتِسْتان (gilgit baltistān), اِسْلام آباد وِفاقی دارْاَلْحَکُومَت (islām ābād vifāqī dār-alhakūmat), خَیبَر پَخْتُونْخْوا (xaibar paxtūnxvā), پَنْجاب (panjāb), سِنْدھ (sindh), (Category: ur:Provinces of Pakistan)
References
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- Persian terms suffixed with ـستان
- Persian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Persian lemmas
- Persian proper nouns
- fa:Provinces of Pakistan
- fa:Places in Pakistan
- Visual dictionary
- Urdu terms borrowed from Classical Persian
- Urdu terms derived from Classical Persian
- Urdu terms suffixed with ـستان
- Urdu terms with IPA pronunciation
- Urdu terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Urdu/ɑːn
- Rhymes:Urdu/ɑːn/4 syllables
- Urdu lemmas
- Urdu proper nouns
- Urdu masculine nouns
- ur:Provinces of Pakistan
- ur:Places in Pakistan
- ur:Provinces of Iran
- ur:Places in Iran
- Urdu terms with rare senses
- ur:Regions of Afghanistan
- ur:Places in Afghanistan