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Helmand.

A river in Afghanistan.

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Meaning & usage

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  1. A river in Afghanistan.

  2. A province of Afghanistan, named after the river.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Pashto هلمند (Helmand) or Persian هلمند (helmand), ultimately from Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬎𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬝 (haētumant̰, literally “with dams”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.