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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian ـستان, from Middle Persian -stʾn', from Old Persian 𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 (s-t-a-n /stāna-/), from Proto-Iranian *stāna-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sthāna, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”).
Pronunciation
Suffix
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- -stan (forms place names associated with Central and Southern Asia)
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