English Explanatory Dictionary

Badghis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A province of Afghanistan.

Word forms

Badghis

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian بادغیس (bâdġis), from Middle Persian [script needed] (Wādgēs, “a mount”), from Old Iranian (compare Avestan 𐬬𐬁𐬌𐬙𐬌-𐬔𐬀𐬉𐬯𐬀 (vāⁱti-gaēsa, “a mount”)).

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