Etymology

Borrowing from Persian خوزستان ‎(Xuzestân), from خوز ‎(Xuz), name of the indigenous people of the region, and the suffix ـستان ‎(-estân, “-stan”), or borrowed wholly from Middle Persian hwcstʾn' / 𐭧𐭥𐭰𐭮𐭲𐭭 ‎(Hūzestān, literally “land of Hūz”), itself from hwc ‎(Hūz) + -stʾn' ‎(-estān, “-stan”). The first component is from Old Persian 𐎢𐎺𐎩 ‎(^hŪvja-, “Elam, Elamite”), or from the name of Susa. Compare Ancient Greek Οὔξιοι ‎(Oúxioi), Classical Syriac ܒܝܬ ܗܘܙܝܐ ‎(Bēṯ Hūzāyē), Old Armenian խուժ ‎(xuž, “wild, savage”), Armenian խուժան ‎(xužan, “mob”). The city name Ahvaz is also related. See Origin of the name Khuzestan for more.