سجستان

Arabic

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (sagestān), from Old Persian 𐎿𐎣𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 (sakastāna). Doublet of سِيسْتَان‎ (sīstān).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sa.d͡ʒis.taːn/, /si.d͡ʒis.taːn/

Proper noun

سَجِسْتَان or سِجِسْتَان • (sajistān or sijistān) f

  1. (archaic) The city of Zabol
  2. (archaic) Sajistan, a region of the eastern Iranian Plateau now known as Sistan.

Persian

Etymology

Re-borrowing from Arabic سَجِسْتَان‎ (sajistān), from Middle Persian [script needed] (sagestān), from Old Persian 𐎿𐎣𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 (Sakastāna). Doublet of سیستان‎.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /sad͡ʒistɑːn/, /sid͡ʒistɑːn/, /sad͡ʒastɑːn/
  • (Dari Persian) IPA(key): /sad͡ʒɪstɑːn/, /sɪd͡ʒɪstɑːn/, /sad͡ʒastɑːn/
  • (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /sæd͡ʒestɒːn/, /sed͡ʒestɒːn/, /sæd͡ʒæstɒːn/
  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /sad͡ʒistɔn/, /sid͡ʒistɔn/, /sad͡ʒastɔn/

Proper noun

سجستان • (sajestân, sejestân, sajastân)

  1. (archaic) The city of Zabol
  2. (archaic) Sejestan, a region of the eastern Iranian Plateau now known as Sistan.
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