Etymology

Badakhshan

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Today it means: A historical region comprising parts of what is now northeastern Afghanistan and southeastern Tajikistan. Full definition →

Persian بدخشان
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  1. Persian · borrowed fromبدخشان
  2. English todayBadakhshan

From Persian بدخشان (badaxšân), from Middle Persian title 𐭡𐭲𐭧𐭱𐭩 (btḥšy /⁠badaxš⁠/); see it for more.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.