Sistan

English

Etymology

From Persian سیستان (sistân), from earlier Persian سجستان (sajestân), from سکاستان (sakâstân), from Old Persian *Sakastānah.

Proper noun

Sistan

  1. A province in eastern Iran; in full, Sistan and Baluchestan.
  2. (historical) A geographic region of the eastern Iranian Plateau in eastern Iran and southern Afghanistan, extending into southwestern Pakistan; inhabited by the Scythian Saka tribe between the 2nd century BCE and 1st century CE.
  3. Former name of Zabol.

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