Ahvaz

English

Alternative forms

• Ahwaz

Etymology

From Persian اهواز (ahvâz), from Arabic أَهْوَاز (ʔahwāz) and اَلْأَهْوَاز (al-ʔahwāz), a shortened form of سُوق الْأَهْوَاز (sūq al-ʔahwāz), a calque of 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)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿瓦士 (zh) (Āwǎshì)

• Hindi: अहवाज़ m (ahvāz)
• Persian: اهواز (fa) (ahvâz)