Badakhshan
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Persian بدخشان (badaxšân), from Middle Persian title 𐭡𐭲𐭧𐭱𐭩 (btḥšy /badaxš/); see it for more.
Proper noun[edit]
Badakhshan
- (historical) A region comprising parts of what is now northeastern Afghanistan and southeastern Tajikistan.
- A province of Afghanistan, named after the historical region.
- Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province, or Kūhistoni Badakhshon, a province of Tajikistan.
Translations[edit]
historical region
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- en:Provinces of Afghanistan
- en:Places in Afghanistan
- en:Regions of Afghanistan
- en:Regions of Tajikistan