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Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Pashto هلمند (Helmand), from Old Iranian *haytumants (“with dams”) (compare Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬎𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬝 (haētumant̰)), from *haytu (“dam”) + *-mants (possessive suffix), from Proto-Iranian *hHáytuš (from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sHáytuš (“bridge”); compare Sanskrit सेतु (setu)) and *-mánts (from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-mánts; compare Sanskrit -मत् (-mat)).
Proper noun
هلمند • (helmand)
- Helmand
- ولایت هلمند ― velâyat-e helmand ― the province of Helmand, Helmand Province