هلمند

• IPA^(key): /hilˈmand̪/

هلمند • (hilmand)

1. Helmand (a province of Afghanistan)
2. Helmand (a river in Afghanistan)

Borrowed from Pashto هلمند (hilmand), from Old Iranian *haytumants (“with dams”) (compare Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬎𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬝 (haētumant̰)), from *haytu (“dam”) +‎ *-mants (possessive suffix), from Proto-Iranian *hHáytuš (from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sHáytuš (“bridge”); compare Sanskrit सेतु (setu)) and *-mánts (from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-mánts; compare Sanskrit -मत् (-mat)).

هلمند • (helmand)

1. Helmand (a province of Afghanistan)

   ولایت هلمند ― velâyat-e helmand ― the province of Helmand, Helmand Province

2. Helmand (a river in Afghanistan)