اهواز

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic أَهْوَاز‎ (ʾahwāz), a shortened form of سُوق الْأَهْوَاز‎ (sūq al-ʾahwāz), a calque of Middle Persian Hūǰestān-wāzār (literally “the market of Khuzestan”), name of a major town in Sassanian-era. The word is the broken-plural form of Middle Persian hwc (Hūz).

Pronunciation

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [æhˈvɒːz]
(Dialectal) IPA^(key): /æhˈwɒːz/

Proper noun

Ahvaz, a major city is southwestern Iran and the capital of Khuzestan province.

Derived terms

اهوازی (ahvâzi, “Ahvazi”)

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