بلخ

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See also: ثلج, بلح, and تلخ

Arabic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian بَلْخ (balx).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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بَلْخ (balḵf

  1. Balkh (a city in Balkh Province, Afghanistan)
  2. Balkh Province (a province of Afghanistan) (وِلَايَة بَلْخ (wilāya balḵ))

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Persian

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (Balx), transposed from [Book Pahlavi needed] (bʾhl /⁠Baxl⁠/), apparently the Sogdian form 𐫁𐫆𐫓 (bẖl /⁠Baxl⁠/, Bactria) of Old Persian 𐎲𐎠𐎧𐎫𐎼𐎡𐏁 (b-a-x-t-r-i-š /⁠Bāxtriš⁠/, Bactria).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? balx
Dari reading? balx
Iranian reading? balx
Tajik reading? balx

Proper noun

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Dari بلخ
Iranian Persian
Tajik Балх

بلخ (balx)

  1. Balkh (a town in Balkh, province of Afghanistan, historically an ancient city and centre of Buddhism, Islam, and Zoroastrianism and capital of Bactria.)
  2. Balkh (a province of Afghanistan, named after the ancient city)
    ولایت بلخvelâyat-e balxthe province of Balkh, Balkh Province

Derived terms

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