Where does “Бадахшан” come from?

Бадахшан (Kazakh) comes from Persian بدخشان, from Persian بدخش, from Middle Persian 𐭡𐭲𐭧𐭱𐭩, from Undetermined pati-axša-.

Ancestry of “Бадахшан”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PersianبدخشانBadakhshan
2Persianبدخشbalas
3Middle Persian𐭡𐭲𐭧𐭱𐭩viceroy
4Undeterminedpati-axša-—
Every word from Undetermined pati-axša- →Every word from Middle Persian 𐭡𐭲𐭧𐭱𐭩 →Every word from Persian بدخش →