خوزستان

Persian

Location of Khuzestan within Iran

Etymology

From خوز (xuz, “Susia”) and ـستان (-estân, “place”), meaning land of the Khuzi (Susian) people, the original inhabitants of the region. Alternatively borrowed wholly from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭥𐭰𐭮𐭲𐭭 (ḥʿcstn /⁠hūzestān⁠/, literally “land of Hūz”), itself from [script needed] (hwc /⁠hūz⁠/) + -stan (-stʾn' /⁠-estān⁠/).

The first component is from Old Persian 𐎢𐎺𐎩 (u-v-j /⁠ʰūvja-⁠/, “Elam, Elamite”), or from the name of Susa. Etymologically, compare اهواز, the Arabized broken-plural of Middle Persian [script needed] (hwc /⁠hūz⁠/, “Susia”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xoː.zis.tɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xoː.zɪs.t̪ʰɑːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xoː.zɪs.t̪ʰɑːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xoː.zɪs.t̪ʰɑːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xu.zis.t̪ʰɔːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xuː.zes.t̪ʰɒːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χɵ.zis.t̪ʰɔn]

Readings
Classical reading?	xōzistān
Dari reading?	xōzistān
Iranian reading?	xuzestân
Tajik reading?	xüziston

Proper noun

Dari	خوزستان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Хӯзистон

خوزستان • (xuzestân)

1. Khuzestan (a province of Iran)

Derived terms

• خوزستانی (xuzestâni, “Khuzestani”)