From a Bantu language (ultimately from Proto-Bantu *bantʊ̀ (“people”)) + -stan (“home of”, suffix of Persian origin), after place names such as Hindustan.
bantustan (plural bantustans)
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Borrowed from English bantustan.
bantustan
Inflection of bantustan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | bantustan | bantustanit | |
genitive | bantustanin | bantustanien | |
partitive | bantustania | bantustaneja | |
illative | bantustaniin | bantustaneihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | bantustan | bantustanit | |
accusative | nom. | bantustan | bantustanit |
gen. | bantustanin | ||
genitive | bantustanin | bantustanien | |
partitive | bantustania | bantustaneja | |
inessive | bantustanissa | bantustaneissa | |
elative | bantustanista | bantustaneista | |
illative | bantustaniin | bantustaneihin | |
adessive | bantustanilla | bantustaneilla | |
ablative | bantustanilta | bantustaneilta | |
allative | bantustanille | bantustaneille | |
essive | bantustanina | bantustaneina | |
translative | bantustaniksi | bantustaneiksi | |
abessive | bantustanitta | bantustaneitta | |
instructive | — | bantustanein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Internationalism; compare English bantustan, ultimately from bantu + Persian ـستان.
bantustan m inan
singular | plural | |
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nominative | bantustan | bantustany |
genitive | bantustanu | bantustanów |
dative | bantustanowi | bantustanom |
accusative | bantustan | bantustany |
instrumental | bantustanem | bantustanami |
locative | bantustanie | bantustanach |
vocative | bantustanie | bantustany |
Borrowed from English bantustan.
bantustan n (plural bantustane)
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) bantustan | bantustanul | (niște) bantustane | bantustanele |
genitive/dative | (unui) bantustan | bantustanului | (unor) bantustane | bantustanelor |
vocative | bantustanule | bantustanelor |