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Balochistan

Balochistan proper noun: 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.

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Proper noun

Balochistan

  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.

Balochistan meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Punjabi

Balochistan in Hindi

region on the Iranian plateau in south-western Asia
बलूचिस्तान balūcistān, बलोचिस्तान balocistān
province of Pakistan
बलूचिस्तान balūcistān, बलोचिस्तान balocistān

Balochistan in Urdu

region on the Iranian plateau in south-western Asia
بَلوچِسْتَان balocistān
province of Pakistan
بَلوچِسْتان balocistān

Balochistan in Bengali

region on the Iranian plateau in south-western Asia
বেলুচিস্তান belucistan
province of Pakistan
বেলুচিস্তান belucistan

Balochistan in Punjabi

region on the Iranian plateau in south-western Asia
ਬਲੋਚਿਸਤਾਨ balocistān, بَلوچِسْتان balocistān
province of Pakistan
ਬਲੋਚਿਸਤਾਨ balocistān, بَلوچِسْتان balocistān
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Balochistan in Gujarati
બલુચિસ્તાન balucistān, બલોચિસ્તાન balocistān
Balochistan in Odia
ବେଲୁତିସ୍ତାନ୍ belutistān, ବେଲୁତିସ୍ଥାନ୍ belutisthān
Balochistan in Sanskrit
बलुचीस्थान balucīsthāna

Forms of Balochistan

alternative formBaluchistan
alternative formBaluchestan
alternative formBeluchistan
alternative formBeloochistan
alternative formBiluchistan

Origin of Balochistan

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

Questions about Balochistan

What does Balochistan mean?
Balochistan means 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.
What is Balochistan in Hindi?
Balochistan in Hindi is बलूचिस्तान (balūcistān), बलोचिस्तान (balocistān). See Balochistan meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Balochistan?
Balochistan is a proper noun.

Words near Balochistan in the dictionary

  1. Balocawe
  2. Baloch
  3. Baloches
  4. Balochi
  5. Balochis
  6. Balochistan
  7. Balochs
  8. Baloci
  9. Balococ
  10. Balod
  11. Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Balochistan (page history and authors); बलुचीस्थान (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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