Etymology

Alborz

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Today it means: A mountain range in northern Iran stretching from the borders of Azerbaijan and Armenia in the northwest to the southern end of the Caspian Sea, and ending in the east at the borders of Turkmenistan and Afghanistan. Full definition →

Persian البرز
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  1. Persian · borrowed fromالبرز
  2. English todayAlborz

From Persian البرز (alborz); see that entry for more. Doublet of Elbrus.

Words from the same roots

Persianالبرز all →

Elbrus

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.