اهواز

Persian

Alternative forms

• احواز

Etymology

From Arabic أَهْوَاز (ʔahwāz), a shortened form of سُوق الْأَهْوَاز (sūq al-ʔahwāz), a partial-calque of Middle Persian Hūǰestān-wāzār (literally “the market of Khuzestan”), name of a major town in Sassanian-era. The word is the broken-plural form of Middle Persian hwc (Hūz). Related to هویزه (hoveyze) and خوزستان (xuzestân); see there for more.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔah.ˈwaːz/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäɦ.wɑːz]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäɦ.wɑːz]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.wɑːz]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.wɔːz]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæɦ.vɒːz]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäɦ.vɔz]

Readings
Classical reading?	ahwāz
Dari reading?	ahwāz
Iranian reading?	ahvâz
Tajik reading?	ahvoz

• (Dialectal) IPA^(key): [æhˈwɒːz]

Proper noun

اهواز • (ahwāz / ahvâz) (Tajik spelling Аҳвоз)

1. Ahvaz (a city in Iran, the seat of Ahvaz County's Central District and the capital of Khuzestan Province)
2. Ahvaz (a county of Iran, around the city)

Derived terms

• اهوازی (ahvâzi, “Ahvazi”)