-stʾn'

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Middle Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Persian 𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 (s-t-a-n /⁠stāna⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *stā́nam (compare Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬁𐬥𐬀 (stāna)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stáHnam (compare Sanskrit स्थान (sthā́na)), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”). Compare Old Armenian -ստան (-stan), an Iranian borrowing.

Suffix

-stʾn' • (-estān)

  1. makes nouns of places
    ʾswlstʾn' ― Asōrestān ― Assyria, Persian Mesopotamia
    hndwstʾn' ― Hindūstān ― India
    cynstʾn' ― Čīnestān ― China
    dhmkstʾn' ― daxmagestān ― cemetery
    dpyrstʾn' ― dibīrestān ― school
  2. of indeterminate function
    ẕmstʾn' ― Zamestān ― winter
    dʾtstʾn' ― dādestān ― law
    bʾlstʾn' ― bārestān ― patient, resigned

Derived terms

Middle Persian terms suffixed with -stʾn'

Descendants

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
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