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Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian -ստան (-stan).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ստան • (-stan)
- Forming nouns with the meaning of place, especially country names.
Derived terms
Old Armenian
Etymology
From Iranian *stān(a)-. Compare Middle Persian -stʾn'.
Suffix
-ստան • (-stan)
- Forming nouns with the meaning of place, especially country names.
- Հայաստան ― Hayastan ― Armenia
- Վրաստան ― Vrastan ― Georgia
- անդաստան ― andastan ― fields
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Gočanean, Pōġos (2011) Dasakan grabari gorcnakan kʻerakanutʻiwn [Practical Grammar of Classical Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Vienna and Yerevan: Mekhitarist Press, page 65
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-(ա)ստան”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʻneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʻ lezvi hamematakan kʻerakanutʻyan harcʻer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʻi, pages 5–48