# Badakhshan

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #92,363

## Definitions
1. A historical region comprising parts of what is now northeastern Afghanistan and southeastern Tajikistan.
2. A province of Afghanistan, named after the historical region.
3. Gorno-Badakhshan (an autonomous province of Tajikistan).

## Etymology
From Persian بدخشان (badaxšân), from Middle Persian title 𐭡𐭲𐭧𐭱𐭩 (btḥšy /⁠badaxš⁠/); see it for more.

## Source
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