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”)