خوزستان

From خوز‎ (xuz, “Susia”) and ستان‎ (stân, “place”), meaning land of the Khuzi (Susian) people, the original inhabitants of the region. Alternatively 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 /ʰūvja-/, “Elam, Elamite”), or from the name of Susa. Etymologically, compare اهواز, the Arabized broken-plural of Middle Persian hwc (Hūz, “Susia”).

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [xuːzesˈtʰɒn]

1. Khuzestan, one of the provinces of Iran, with its capital in Ahvaz

• خوزستانی (xuzestâni, “Khuzestani”)