Etymology

Badghis

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Persian بادغیس ← Middle Persian [script needed] ← Old Iranian
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  1. Old Iranian · derived from
  2. Middle Persian · derived from[script needed]“a mount”
  3. Persian · borrowed fromبادغیس
  4. English todayBadghis

Borrowed from Persian بادغیس (bâdġis), from Middle Persian [script needed] (Wādgēs, “a mount”), from Old Iranian (compare Avestan 𐬬𐬁𐬌𐬙𐬌-𐬔𐬀𐬉𐬯𐬀 (vāⁱti-gaēsa, “a mount”)).

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