-istan

See also: -stan

Northern Kurdish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Persian ـِستَان‎ (-estân), from Proto-Iranian *stáHnam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stáHnam (“act of standing; place”), from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂nom, derived from the root *steh₂- (“to stand”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɪsˈtɑːn/

Suffix

-istan f (Arabic spelling ـستان‎)

  1. Used to form feminine nouns of regions and countries
    ‎kurd (“Kurd”) + ‎-istan → ‎Kurdistan (“the Middle Eastern region of Kurdistan”)
  2. Used to form feminine collective nouns, meaning “a place in which to find a great quantity of the object expressed by the root noun”
    ‎dar (“tree”) + ‎-istan → ‎daristan (“forest”)

Derived terms
Northern Kurdish terms suffixed with -istan
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