ـستان

See also: -stan

Northern Kurdish

Suffix

ـستان or ـستان (-istan or -stan) f

Arabic spelling of -istan
Arabic spelling of -stan

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Suffix form of ستان‎ (sitan, “place where something abounds”).

Suffix

ـستان • (-stan)

-stan

Derived terms

Ottoman Turkish terms suffixed with ـستان

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890), “ستان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1039

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