اهواز

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic أَهْوَاز‎ (ʔahwāz), a shortened form of سُوق الْأَهْوَاز‎ (sūq al-ʔahwāz), 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
Dari اهواز
Iranian Persian
Tajik Аҳвоз

اهواز • (ahvâz)

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

Derived terms
  • اهوازی‎ (ahvâzi, “Ahvazi”)
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