Balochistan

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Balochistan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Baluchi or Hindustani بلوچستان / बलोचिस्तान (balocistān), from Classical Persian (balūčistān). By surface analysis, Baloch +‎ -istan.

Proper noun

Balochistan

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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.
A province of Pakistan. Capital: Quetta.

Related terms

Baloch, Balochi

Translations

region on the Iranian plateau in south-western Asia

Abkhaz: Белуџьисҭан (Beludžistan)
Armenian: Բելուջստան (hy) (Beluǰstan)
Baluchi: بلوچِستان
Bengali: বেলুচিস্তান (belucistan)
Catalan: Balutxistan m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 俾路支斯坦 (Bǐlùzhīsītǎn)
Finnish: Belutšistan (fi)
French: Baloutchistan (fr) m
German: Belutschistan (de) n
Greek: Βαλουχιστάν (Valouchistán)
Hindi: बलूचिस्तान (hi) m (balūcistān), बलोचिस्तान m (balocistān)
Ido: Beludjistan (io)
Odia: ବେଲୁତିସ୍ତାନ୍ (or) (belutistān), ବେଲୁତିସ୍ଥାନ୍ (or) (belutisthān)
Persian: بلوچستان (balučestân)
Polish: Beludżystan (pl) m
Punjabi: ਬਲੋਚਿਸਤਾਨ (balocistān)
Russian: Белуджиста́н (ru) m (Beludžistán)
Spanish: Beluchistán m, Baluchistán m
Swedish: Baluchistan (sv)
Tajik: Балучистон (Balučiston)
Urdu: بَلوچِسْتَان m (balocistān)
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province of Pakistan

Abkhaz: Белуџьисҭан (Beludžistan)
Baluchi: بلوچستان
Bengali: বেলুচিস্তান (belucistan)
Catalan: Balutxistan
Chinese:
Mandarin: 俾路支 (zh) (Bǐlùzhī)
Dutch: Beloetsjistan
Finnish: Belutšistan (fi)
French: Baloutchistan (fr) m
German: Belutschistan (de) n
Hindi: बलूचिस्तान (hi) m (balūcistān), बलोचिस्तान m (balocistān)
Odia: ବେଲୁତିସ୍ତାନ୍ (or) (belutistān), ବେଲୁତିସ୍ଥାନ୍ (or) (belutisthān)
Persian: بلوچستان (balučestân)
Punjabi: ਬਲੋਚਿਸਤਾਨ (balocistān)
Russian: Белуджиста́н (ru) m (Beludžistán)
Spanish: Baluchistán m
Tajik: Балучистон (Balučiston)
Urdu: بلوچِستان m (balocistān)

See also

(provinces and territories of Pakistan) provinces of Pakistan; Azad Kashmir, Balochistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Islamabad Capital Territory, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Jammu Kashmir, Sindh ^{(Category: en:Provinces of Pakistan)}

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