Meanings
alternative Khūzestān · alternative Khuzistān · alternative Khouzestan · alternative Khoozestan
Origin
- Old Persian𐎢𐎺𐎩“Elam, Elamite”
- Middle Persianhwcstʾn'
- Iranian Persianخوزستان
- EnglishKhuzestan
Borrowed from Iranian Persian خوزستان (xuzestân), from خوز (xuz), name of the indigenous people of the region, and the suffix ـستان (-estân, “-stan”), or borrowed wholly from Middle Persian hwcstʾn' / 𐭧𐭥𐭰𐭮𐭲𐭭 (Hūzestān, literally “land of Hūz”), itself from hwc (Hūz) + -stʾn' (-estān, “-stan”). The first component is from Old Persian 𐎢𐎺𐎩 (u-v-j /ʰūja-/, “Elam, Elamite”), or from the name of Susa. Compare Ancient Greek Οὔξιοι (Oúxioi), Classical Syriac ܒܝܬ ܗܘܙܝܐ (Bêṯ Hūzāyē), Old Armenian խուժ (xuž, “wild, savage”), Armenian խուժան (xužan, “mob”). The city name Ahvaz is also related. See Origin of the name Khuzestan for more.
More words from Iranian Persian, Middle Persian, Old Persian
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Arabic خُوزِسْتَان
- خُوزِسْتَان (ḵūzistān)province of Iran
Chinese Mandarin 胡齊斯坦 /胡齐斯坦
- 胡齊斯坦 /胡齐斯坦 (Húqísītǎn)province of Iran
Czech Chúzistán
- Chúzistánprovince of Iran
Hindi ख़ूज़िस्तान
- ख़ूज़िस्तान (xūzistān)province of Iran
Persian خوزستان
- خوزستان (xuzestân)province of Iran
Russian Хузеста́н
- Хузеста́н (Xuzestán)province of Iran
Urdu خوزستان
- خوزستان (xūzistān)province of Iran
Cite this entry
Khuzestan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Khuzestan
“Khuzestan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Khuzestan. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Khuzestan,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Khuzestan.
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