ستان

See also: شبان‎

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian -stʾn' (-estān), from Old Persian 𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 (s-t-a-n /stāna/), from Proto-Iranian *stā́nam (compare Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬁𐬥𐬀‎ (stāna)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stáHnam, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”). Cognate with Sanskrit स्थान (sthāna).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /istɑːn/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /ɪstɑːn/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /estɒːn/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /istɔn/

Suffix

Iranian Persian	ـِستَان
Dari	ـِستَان
Tajik	-истон (-iston)

ـِستَان • (-estân)

-istan, -estan, -stan

Derived terms

Persian terms suffixed with ستان

Descendants

→ Assamese: -স্তান (-stan)
→ Bashkir: -стан (-stan)
→ Bengali: -স্তান (-stan)
→ Chagatai: ـستان‎
- Uyghur: ـىستان‎ (-istan)
- Uzbek: -iston
→ English: -stan
→ Georgian: -სტანი (-sṭani)
→ Gujarati: -સ્તાન (-stān)
→ Hindi: -स्तान (-stān)
→ Kazakh: -стан (-stan)
→ Kyrgyz: -стан (-stan)
→ Ottoman Turkish: ـستان‎
- Turkish: -istan
→ Punjabi: -ਸਤਾਨ (-satān)
→ Tatar: -стан (-stan)
→ Urdu: سِتان‎ (sítan, -stan)

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