Ahvaz
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian اهواز (Ahvâz), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic أَهْوَاز (ʔahwāz) and اَلْأَهْوَاز (al-ʔahwāz), a shortened form of سُوق الْأَهْوَاز (sūq al-ʔahwāz), a calque of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Persian Hūǰestān-vāčār (literally “the market of Khuzestan”), name of a major town in Sassanian-era Khuzestan; see Khuzestan for more.
Proper noun
Ahvaz