बल्तिस्तान

Borrowed from Classical Persian بَلْتِسْتَان (baltistān). By surface analysis, बल्ती (baltī, “Balti”) +‎ -स्तान (-stān).

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /bəl.t̪ɪs.t̪ɑːn/, [bɐl.t̪ɪs.t̪ä̃ːn]

बल्तिस्तान • (baltistān) m (Urdu spelling بَلْتِسْتان)

1. Baltistan (a very mountainous region just to the south of K2, located between China, India and Pakistan; most of the region is de-facto governed by Pakistan as Gilgit–Baltistan)

• गिलगित-बल्तिस्तान (gilgit-baltistān, “Gilgit-Baltistan”)