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Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Persian استان (ostân).
Pronunciation
Noun
ostan (definite accusative ostanı, plural ostanlar)
- province (in Iran)
- (South Azerbaijani) state (a political division of a federation retaining a notable degree of autonomy, as in the United States or Germany)
- Synonyms: ştat, əyalət
Declension
Further reading
Esperanto
Adjective
ostan
- accusative singular of osta
Estonian
Verb
ostan
- first-person singular present indicative of ostma
Finnish
Verb
ostan
- first-person singular present indicative of ostaa
Anagrams
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ostьnъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
òstan m (Cyrillic spelling о̀стан)
- (dated) spur
- Synonyms: ostruga, mamuza
Further reading
- “ostan”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024