بدخشان

Persian

Alternative forms

• بذخشان (bazaxšân)
• بلخشان (balaxšân)

Etymology

From بدخش (badaxš, from Middle Persian 𐭡𐭲𐭧𐭱𐭩 (btḥšy /⁠badaxš⁠/, “bidaxsh, an official Sassanian title”)) +‎ ـان (-ān / -ân)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ba.dax.ˈʃaːn/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bä.d̪äx.ʃɑːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bä.d̪äx.ʃɑːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bä.d̪äx.ʃɑːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bä.d̪äx.ʃɔːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bæ.d̪æx.ʃɒːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bä.d̪äχ.ʃɔn]

Readings
Classical reading?	badaxšān
Dari reading?	badaxšān
Iranian reading?	badaxšân
Tajik reading?	badaxšon

Proper noun

بدخشان • (badaxšān / badaxšân) (Tajik spelling Бадахшон)

1. (historical) Badakhshan (a historical region comprising parts of what is now northeastern Afghanistan and southeastern Tajikistan)
2. Gorno-Badakhshan (an autonomous province of Tajikistan)
3. Badakhshan (a province of Afghanistan, named after the historical region)

   ولایت بدخشان ― velâyat-e badaxšân ― the province of Badakhshan, Badakhshan Province

Derived terms

• بدخشانات (badaxšānāt / badaxšânât)