Ahvaz

English

Alternative forms

• Ahwaz

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

1. A city in southern Iran, capital of the Khuzestan Province.

Translations

city in Iran

• Arabic: أَهْوَاز (ʔahwāz), أَحْوَاز (ʔaḥwāz)
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• Persian: اهواز (fa) (ahvâz)