Badakhshan

== English == === Etymology === From Persian بدخشان (badaxšân), from Middle Persian title 𐭡𐭲𐭧𐭱𐭩 (btḥšy /⁠badaxš⁠/); see it for more. === Proper noun === Badakhshan (historical) A historical region comprising parts of what is now northeastern Afghanistan and southeastern Tajikistan. A province of Afghanistan, named after the historical region. Gorno-Badakhshan (an autonomous province of Tajikistan). ==== Translations ====