"Balkh" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Persian بلخ (balx). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fa-cls|بلخ|tr=balx}} Classical Persian بلخ (balx) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Balkh
  1. (historical) An ancient city and centre of Buddhism, Islam, and Zoroastrianism and capital of Bactria. Tags: historical Translations (ancient city): Բալխ (Balx) (Armenian), ბალხი (balxi) (Georgian), वाह्लीक (vāhlīk) [masculine] (Hindi), बलख (balakh) [masculine] (Hindi), Bactra [neuter, plural] (Latin), Բահլ (Bahl) (Old Armenian), Բաղխ (Bałx) (Old Armenian), 𐎲𐎠𐎧𐎫𐎼𐎡𐏁 (alt: b-a-x-t-r-i-š /⁠bāxtriš⁠/) (Old Persian), بلخ (balx) (Persian), Балх (Balx) (Russian), Балх (Balx) (Tajik), بەلخ (belx) (Uyghur)
    Sense id: en-Balkh-en-name-ObJ9WA0n Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 94 6 Disambiguation of 'ancient city': 59 41
  2. A province of Afghanistan, named after the ancient city. Categories (place): Places in Afghanistan, Provinces of Afghanistan, Towns in Afghanistan
    Sense id: en-Balkh-en-name-VrM6m~z2 Disambiguation of Towns in Afghanistan: 29 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Bactra

Download JSON data for Balkh meaning in All languages combined (3.9kB)

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