خوزستان

Persian

Location of Khuzestan within Iran

Etymology

From خوز (xuz, “Susia”) and ستان (stân, “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

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [xuːzesˈtʰɒn]

Proper noun

Dari	خوزستان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Хӯзистон

خوزستان • (xuzestân)

1. Khuzestan, one of the provinces of Iran, with its capital in Ahvaz

Derived terms

• خوزستانی (xuzestâni, “Khuzestani”)