-স্তান

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ‎.

Pronunciation

(Rarh) IPA^(key): /st̪an/, [st̪an]

(Dhaka) IPA^(key): /st̪an/, [st̪an]

Suffix

-স্তান • (-stan)

Suffix to form country names when added to names of ethnic groups.
‎কাজাখ (kajakh, “Kazakh”) + ‎-স্তান (-stan) → ‎কাজাখস্তান (kajakhstan, “Kazakhstan”)

‎কিরগিজ (kirgij, “Kyrgyz”) + ‎-স্তান (-stan) → ‎কিরগিজস্তান (kirgijstan, “Kyrgyzstan”)
Suffix to form place of something.
‎গুল (gul, “rose”) + ‎-স্তান (-stan) → ‎গুলিস্তান (gulistan, “rose garden”)

Related terms

-স্তানি (-stani)

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