Khuzestan

English

Location of Khuzestan within Iran

Alternative forms

• Khūzestān, Khuzistān, Khouzestan, Khoozestan

Etymology

Borrowed from Iranian Persian خوزستان (xuzestân), from خوز (xuz), name of the indigenous people of the region, and the suffix ـستان (-estân, “-stan”), or borrowed wholly from Middle Persian hwcstʾn' / 𐭧𐭥𐭰𐭮𐭲𐭭 (Hūzestān, literally “land of Hūz”), itself from hwc (Hūz) + -stʾn' (-estān, “-stan”). The first component is from Old Persian 𐎢𐎺𐎩 (u-v-j /⁠ʰūja-⁠/, “Elam, Elamite”), or from the name of Susa. Compare Ancient Greek Οὔξιοι (Oúxioi), Classical Syriac ܒܝܬ ܗܘܙܝܐ (Bêṯ Hūzāyē), Old Armenian խուժ (xuž, “wild, savage”), Armenian խուժան (xužan, “mob”). The city name Ahvaz is also related. See Origin of the name Khuzestan for more.

Proper noun

Khuzestan

2. A province of Iran. Capital: Ahvaz.

Translations

province of Iran

• Arabic: خُوزِسْتَان (ḵūzistān)
• Armenian: Խուզեստան (Xuzestan)

  Old Armenian: Խուժաստան (Xužastan)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 胡齊斯坦 / 胡齐斯坦 (zh) (Húqísītǎn)

• Czech: Chúzistán m
• Georgian: ხუზისტანი (xuzisṭani)
• Hindi: ख़ुज़िस्तान m (xuzistān), ख़ुज़ेस्तान m (xuzestān), ख़ूज़िस्तान m (xūzistān)
• Persian: خوزستان (fa) (xuzestân)
• Russian: Хузеста́н (Xuzestán)
• Tajik: Хӯзистон (Xüziston)
• Urdu: خوزستان (xūzistān)
• Uyghur: خۇزىستان (xuzistan)

See also

provinces of Iranedit

• Alborz
• Ardabil
• Bushehr
• Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari
• East Azerbaijan
• Fars
• Gilan
• Golestan
• Hamadan
• Hormozgan
• Ilam
• Isfahan
• Kerman
• Kermanshah
• Khuzestan
• Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad
• Kurdistan
• Lorestan
• Markazi
• Mazandaran
• North Khorasan
• Qazvin
• Qom
• Razavi Khorasan
• Semnan
• Sistan and Baluchestan
• South Khorasan
• Tehran
• West Azerbaijan
• Yazd
• Zanjan

Further reading

• Khuzestan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia