बलूचिस्तान
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बलूचिस्तान
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Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian بلوچستان (balūčistān). By surface analysis, बलूच (balūc) + -इस्तान (-istān).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /bə.luː.t͡ʃɪs.t̪ɑːn/, [bɐ.luː.t͡ʃɪs.t̪ä̃ːn]
- Hyphenation: ब‧लू‧चिस्‧तान
- Rhymes: -ɑːn
Proper noun
बलूचिस्तान • (balūcistān) m (Urdu spelling بَلوچِسْتَان)
- Balochistan (a region on the Iranian plateau in south-western Asia, northwest of the Arabian Sea, dominated by desert and mountains, composed of southwestern Pakistan, southeastern Iran and a strip of southwestern Afghanistan; inhabited by the Baloch people)
- Balochistan (a province of Pakistan)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| direct | बलूचिस्तान balūcistān |
| oblique | बलूचिस्तान balūcistān |
| vocative | बलूचिस्तान balūcistān |
Synonyms
- बलूचिस्थान (balūcisthān)
See also
- आज़ाद कश्मीर (āzād kaśmīr)
- इस्लामाबाद (islāmābād)
- ख़ैबर पख़्तूनख़्वा (xaibar paxtūnaxvā)
- गिलगित बल्तिस्तान (gilgit baltistān)
- पंजाब (pañjāb)
- बलूचिस्तान (balūcistān)
- सिंध (sindh)
Further reading
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “बलूचिस्तान”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 3412
- “बलूचिस्तान”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.