ستان
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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):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | istān |
| Dari reading? | istān |
| Iranian reading? | estân |
| Tajik reading? | iston |
Suffix
| Dari | ـِستَان |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | -истон |
ـِستَان • (-estân)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Armenian: -ստան (-stan)
- → Assamese: -স্তান (-stan)
- → Azerbaijani: -istan
- → Bashkir: -стан (-stan)
- → Bengali: -স্তান (-stan)
- → Chagatai: ـستان
- → English: -stan
- → Georgian: -სტანი (-sṭani)
- → Gujarati: -સ્તાન (-stān)
- → Hindi: -स्तान (-stān)
- → Kazakh: -стан (-stan)
- → Kyrgyz: -стан (-stan)
- → Malayalam: -സ്ഥാന് (-sthānŭ)
- → Ottoman Turkish: ـستان (-istan)
- Turkish: -istan
- → Punjabi: -ਸਤਾਨ (-satān)
- → Tamil: -ஸ்தான் (-stāṉ)
- → Tatar: -стан (-stan)
- → Urdu: سِتان (sítan, -stan)