خوزستان

Persian

Location of Khuzestan within Iran

Etymology

From ‎ (xuz, “Susia”) and ‎ (stân, “place”), meaning land of the Khuzi (Susian) people, the original inhabitants of the region. Alternatively borrowed wholly from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭥𐭰𐭮𐭲𐭭‎ (ḥʿcstn /⁠hūzestān⁠/, literally “land of Hūz”), itself from [script needed] (hwc /⁠hūz⁠/) + -stan (-stʾn' /⁠-estān⁠/).

The first component is from Old Persian 𐎢𐎺𐎩 (u-v-j /⁠ʰūvja-⁠/, “Elam, Elamite”), or from the name of Susa. Etymologically, compare ‎, the Arabized broken-plural of Middle Persian [script needed] (hwc /⁠hūz⁠/, “Susia”).

Pronunciation

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [xuːzesˈtʰɒn]

Proper noun


Iranian Persian	خوزستان
Dari	خوزستان
Tajik	Хӯзистон

خوزستان • (xuzestân)

Khuzestan, one of the provinces of Iran, with its capital in Ahvaz

Derived terms

خوزستانی‎ (xuzestâni, “Khuzestani”)

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