The city was therefore renamed Sūq al-Ahwāz, “Market of the Khuz“, a semi-literal translation of the Persian name of this quarter – Ahwāz being the Arabic broken plural of Hûz, taken from the ancient Persian term for the native Elamite peoples, Hūja (remaining in medieval khūzīg “of the Khuzh” and modern Khuzestān “Khuz State”, as noted by Dehkhoda dictionary.
