بادغیس

Persian

Alternative forms

• بادغیش (bâdġiš), باذغیش (bâzġiš), باذغیس (bâzġis), بادخیز (bâdxiz)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (wādgēs, “a mount”), from Old Iranian (compare Avestan 𐬬𐬁𐬌𐬙𐬌-𐬔𐬀𐬉𐬯𐬀 (vāⁱti-gaēsa, “a mount”)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /baːd.ˈɣiːs/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɑːd̪.ˈɣiːs]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɑːd̪.ˈɣiːs]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bɑːd̪.ˈɣiːs]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bɔːd̪.ˈɣis]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bɒːd̪.ˈɢiːs]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bɔd̪.ˈʁis]

Readings
Classical reading?	bādġīs
Dari reading?	bādġīs
Iranian reading?	bâdġis
Tajik reading?	bodġis

Proper noun

بادغیس • (bādġīs / bâdġis) (Tajik spelling Бодғис)

1. Badghis (a province of Afghanistan)

   ولایت بادغیس ― wilāyat-i bādġīs ― the province of Badghis, Badghis Province

Descendants

• Turkmen: Bathyz