سجستان

Arabic

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (sagestān), from Old Persian 𐎿𐎣𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 (sakastāna). Doublet of سِيسْتَان (sīstān).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sa.d͡ʒis.taːn/, /si.d͡ʒis.taːn/

Proper noun

سَجِسْتَان or سِجِسْتَان • (sajistān or sijistān) f

  1. (archaic) The city of Zabol
  2. (archaic) Sajistan, a region of the eastern Iranian Plateau now known as Sistan.

Persian

Etymology

Re-borrowing from Arabic سَجِسْتَان (sajistān), from Middle Persian [script needed] (sagestān), from Old Persian 𐎿𐎣𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 (Sakastāna). Doublet of سیستان.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [sa.d͡ʒis.tɑːn], [si.d͡ʒis.tɑːn], [sa.d͡ʒas.tɑːn]
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [sä.d͡ʒɪs.t̪ʰɑːn], [sɪ.d͡ʒɪs.t̪ʰɑːn], [sä.d͡ʒäs.t̪ʰɑːn]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [sä.d͡ʒɪs.t̪ʰɑːn], [sɪ.d͡ʒɪs.t̪ʰɑːn], [sä.d͡ʒäs.t̪ʰɑːn]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [sä.d͡ʒis.t̪ʰɔːn], [si.d͡ʒis.t̪ʰɔːn], [sä.d͡ʒäs.t̪ʰɔːn]
  • (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [sæ.d͡ʒes.t̪ʰɒːn], [se.d͡ʒes.t̪ʰɒːn], [sæ.d͡ʒæs.t̪ʰɒːn]
  • (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [sä.d͡ʒis.t̪ʰɔn], [si.d͡ʒis.t̪ʰɔn], [sä.d͡ʒäs.t̪ʰɔn]

Readings
Classical reading? sajistān, sijistān, sajastān
Dari reading? sajistān, sijistān, sajastān
Iranian reading? sajestân, sejestân, sajastân
Tajik reading? sajiston, sijiston, sajaston

Proper noun

سجستان • (sajestân, sejestân, sajastân)

  1. (archaic) The city of Zabol
  2. (archaic) Sejestan, a region of the eastern Iranian Plateau now known as Sistan.
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