ستان

ستان

See also: شبان‎

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian -stʾn' (-estān), from Old Persian 𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 (s-t-a-n /stāna/), from Proto-Iranian *stā́nam (compare Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬁𐬥𐬀‎ (stāna)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stáHnam, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”). Cognate with Sanskrit स्थान (sthāna).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /istɑːn/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /ɪstɑːn/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /estɒːn/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /istɔn/

Suffix

Dari	ـِستَان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	-истон (-iston)

ـِستَان • (-estân)

1. -istan, -estan, -stan

Derived terms

Persian terms suffixed with ستان

Descendants

• → Assamese: -স্তান (stan)
• → Bashkir: -стан (-stan)
• → Bengali: -স্তান (-śtan)
• → Chagatai: ـستان‎
  • Uyghur: ـىستان‎ (-istan)
  • Uzbek: -iston
• → English: -stan
• → Georgian: -სტანი (-sṭani)
• → Gujarati: -સ્તાન (-stān)
• → Hindi: -स्तान (-stān)
• → Kazakh: -стан (-stan)
• → Kyrgyz: -стан (-stan)
• → Ottoman Turkish: ـستان‎
  • Turkish: -istan
• → Punjabi: -ਸਤਾਨ (-satān)
• → Tatar: -стан (-stan)
• → Urdu: سِتان‎ (sítan, -stan)