-স্তান

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Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ـِستان (-istān).

Pronunciation

Suffix

-স্তান (-stan)

  1. 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)
  2. Suffix to form place of something.
    গুল (gul, rose) + ‎-স্তান (-stan) → ‎গুলিস্তান (gulistan, rose garden)