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From خوز(xuz, “Susia”) and ـستان(-estân, “place”), meaning land of the Khuzi (Susian) people, the original inhabitants of the region. Alternatively borrowed wholly from Middle Persian𐭧𐭥𐭰𐭮𐭲𐭭(ḥʿcstn/hūzestān/, literally “land of Hūz”), itself from (hwc/hūz/) + -stan(-stʾn'/-estān/).
The first component is from Old Persian𐎢𐎺𐎩(u-v-j/ʰūvja-/, “Elam, Elamite”), or from the name of Susa. Etymologically, compare اهواز, the Arabized broken-plural of Middle Persian (hwc/hūz/, “Susia”).
