داغستان
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
داغ (dağ, “mountain”) + ـستان (stan, “-stan”), the suffix from Persian ـِستَان (-estân, “-stan”).
Proper noun
داغستان • (Dağıstan)
- A region on the Caspian side of the Caucasus, now the Russian republic of Dagestan but formerly of Persia.
Descendants
- Turkish: Dağıstan
References
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) , “داغستان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 882