The story
- Classical Persian · derived fromوَزِیرِسْتَان
- Urdu · borrowed fromوَزِیرِسْتَان
- Hindi · borrowed fromवज़ीरिस्तान
- English todayWaziristan
Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi वज़ीरिस्तान (vazīristān) / Urdu وَزِیرِسْتَان (vazīristān)), ultimately from Classical Persian وَزِیرِسْتَان (wazīristān). By surface analysis, Wazir + -istan.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.