Etymology

Balochistan

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Today it means: A region on the Iranian plateau in south-western Asia, northwest of the Arabian Sea, dominated by desert and mountains, composed of southwestern Pakistan, southeastern Iran and a strip of southwestern Afghanistan; inhabited by the Baloch people. Full definition →

Urdu بَلوچِسْتان ← Baluchi بلوچِستان ← Classical Persian بَلوچِسْتَان
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  1. Classical Persian · derived fromبَلوچِسْتَان
  2. Baluchi · derived fromبلوچِستان
  3. Urdu · borrowed fromبَلوچِسْتان
  4. English todayBalochistan

Borrowed from Urdu بَلوچِسْتان (balocistān), from Baluchi بلوچِستان, or Classical Persian بَلوچِسْتَان (balōčistān). By surface analysis, Baloch + -istan.

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