English Explanatory Dictionary

Balkh

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A town in Balkh, province of Afghanistan, historically an ancient city and centre of Buddhism, Islam, and Zoroastrianism and capital of Bactria.
  2. A province of Afghanistan, named after the ancient city.

Word forms

Balkh

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بلخ (balx).

Synonyms

Bactra

Translations

Arabic: بَلْخ Armenian: Բալխ Old Armenian: Բահլ Old Armenian: Բաղխ Bactrian: Βαχλο Georgian: ბალხი Hindi: बल्ख़ Latin: Bactra Persian: بلخ Old Persian: 𐎲𐎠𐎧𐎫𐎼𐎡𐏁 Russian: Балх Tajik: Балх Uyghur: بەلخ
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