-стан

From Persian ـِسْتَانْ (-estân, “place of”), from Old Persian 𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 (s-t-a-n), from Proto-Iranian *stáHnam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stáHnam (“position, location, place”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”).

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-стан • (-stan)

1. Suffix to form country names when added to names of ethnic groups.

   ‎башҡорт (başqort, “Bashkir”) + ‎-стан (-stan) → ‎Башҡортостан (Başqortostan, “Bashkortostan”)

   ‎ҡырғыҙ (qırğıź, “Kyrgyz”) + ‎-стан (-stan) → ‎Ҡырғыҙстан (Qırğıźstan, “Kyrgyzstan”)

From Persian ـِسْتَانْ (-estân, “place of”), from Old Persian 𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 (s-t-a-n), from Proto-Iranian *stáHnam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stáHnam, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”).

-стан • (-stan)

1. Suffix to form country names when added to names of ethnic groups.

   ‎кыргыз (kırgız, “Kyrgyz”) + ‎-стан (-stan) → ‎Кыргызстан (Kırgızstan, “Kyrgyzstan”)

   ‎өзбек (özbek, “Uzbek”) + ‎-стан (-stan) → ‎Өзбекстан (Özbekstan, “Uzbekistan”)

2. Suffix to form place of something.

   ‎гүл (gül, “flower”) + ‎-стан (-stan) → ‎гүлстан (gülstan, “rose garden”)

Borrowed from Persian ـِسْتَانْ (-estân, “place of”). Doublet of стан (stan).

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-ста́н • (-stán)

1. -stan; suffix to form country and province names, especially when added to names of traditionally Muslim ethnic groups.