English Explanatory Dictionary

Balochistan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. 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.
  2. A province of Pakistan. Capital: Quetta.

Word forms

Balochistan Baluchistan Baluchestan Beluchistan Beloochistan Biluchistan

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu بَلوچِسْتان (balocistān), from Baluchi بلوچِستان, or Classical Persian بَلوچِسْتَان (balōčistān). By surface analysis, Baloch + -istan.

Related words

Baloch Balochi
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