Balochistan

== English == === Alternative forms === Baluchistan, Baluchestan, Beluchistan (archaic) Beloochistan, (obsolete) Biluchistan === Etymology === Borrowed from Urdu بَلوچِسْتان (balocistān), from Baluchi بلوچِستان, or Classical Persian بَلوچِسْتَان (balōčistān). By surface analysis, Baloch +‎ -istan. === Proper noun === Balochistan 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. A province of Pakistan. Capital: Quetta. ==== Related terms ==== Baloch, Balochi ==== Translations ==== === See also ===