Badakhshan

Meaning

Proper Noun

• A region comprising parts of what is now northeastern Afghanistan and southeastern Tajikistan.
• province Afghanistan (country).
• Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province, or Kūhistoni Badakhshon, a province of Tajikistan.

Origin

• From Persian بدخشان, from Middle Persian title 𐭡𐭲𐭧𐭱𐭩; see it for more.