بلوچستان

Baluchi

Alternative forms

• بلۏچستان

Etymology

Compound of بلۏچ (“Baloch people”) +‎ ستان (“land”), of disputed origin. More at Baloch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.loː.t͡ʃɪs.t̪aːn/

Noun

بلوچستان • (transliteration needed)

1. Balochistan

Persian

Etymology

From بلوچ (balōč / baluč, “Baloch”) +‎ ـستان (-istān / -estân).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ba.loː.t͡ʃis.ˈtaːn/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bä.loː.t͡ʃʰɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bä.loː.t͡ʃʰɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bä.loː.t͡ʃʰɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bä.lu.t͡ʃʰis.t̪ʰɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bæ.luː.t͡ʃʰes.t̪ʰɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bä.lu.t͡ʃʰis.t̪ʰɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	balōčistān
Dari reading?	balōčistān
Iranian reading?	balučestân
Tajik reading?	balučiston

Proper noun

بلوچستان • (balōčistān / balučestân) (Tajik spelling Балучистон)

1. Balochistan (a region on the Iranian plateau in south-western Asia, northwest of the Arabian Sea, dominated by desert and mountains, composed of southwestern Pakistan, southeastern Iran and a strip of southwestern Afghanistan; inhabited by the Baloch people)
2. Balochistan (a province of Pakistan)

Derived terms

• بلوچستانی (balōčistānī / balučestâni)

Urdu

Picture dictionary

بلوچستان

پاکستان کی انتظامی تقسیم

سندھ

بلوچستان

پنجاب

خیبر پختونخوا

پنجاب

اسلام آباد وفاقی دارالحکومت

آزاد جموں و کشمیر

گلگت بلتستان

مقبوضہ کشمیر

بھارت

افغانستان

ایران

چین

بحیرہ عرب

کشمیر

کشمیر

ہندوستان

ہندوستان

بنگلہ دیش

بنگلہ دیش

مشرق وسطی

مشرق وسطی

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بَلوچِسْتَان (balōčistān), equivalent to بلوچ (baloc, “Baloch people”) +‎ ـستان (-(i)stān, “-land”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bə.loː.t͡ʃɪs.t̪ɑːn/

• Audio (Pakistan):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːn
• Hyphenation: بَ‧لو‧چِسْ‧تان

Proper noun

بَلوچِسْتَان • (balocistān) m (Hindi spelling बलूचिस्तान)

1. Balochistan (a province of Pakistan)
2. (by extension) Balochistan (a region between the Middle East and South Asia)
   1. Sistan and Baluchestan (a province of Iran)

      Synonym: سیستان و بلوچستان (sestān o balocistān)

   2. (rare) a mountainous region of Afghanistan

See also

provinces and territories of Pakistan: پاکِسْتان کی اِنْتِظامی تَقْسِیمیں (pākistān kī intizāmī taqsīmẽ)edit

• آزاد کَشْمِیر (āzād kaśmīr)
• اِسْلام آباد وِفاقی دارْاَلْحَکُومَت (islām ābād vifāqī dār-alhakūmat)
• بَلوچِسْتان (balocistān)
• خَیبَر پَخْتُونْخْوا (xaibar paxtūnxvā)
• سِنْدھ (sindh)
• پَنْجاب (panjāb)
• گِلْگِت بَلْتِسْتان (gilgit baltistān)

References

• “بلوچستان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “بلوچستان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.