طبرستان

Persian

Alternative forms

تبرستان (tabaristān / tabarestân)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (tplstʾn' /⁠tapurestān⁠/, “Tabaristan”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ta.ba.ris.ˈtaːn/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.bä.ɾɪs.t̪ʰɑːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.bä.ɾɪs.t̪ʰɑːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.bä.ɾis.t̪ʰɔːn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæ.bæ.ɹes.t̪ʰɒːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.bä.ɾis.t̪ʰɔn]

Readings
Classical reading^?	tabaristān
Dari reading^?	tabaristān
Iranian reading^?	tabarestân
Tajik reading^?	tabariston

Proper noun

طبرستان • (tabaristān / tabarestân) (Tajik spelling Табаристон)

(historical) Tabaristan (a former region on the southern coasts of the Caspian Sea)