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): [ʔis.ˈtɑːn]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔis.t̪ʰɔ́ːn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔes.t̪ʰɒ́ːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔis.t̪ʰɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading^?	istān
Dari reading^?	istān
Iranian reading^?	estân
Tajik reading^?	iston

Suffix


Iranian Persian	ـِستَان
Dari	ـِستَان
Tajik	-истон

ـِستَان • (-estân)

-istan, -estan, -stan

Derived terms

Persian terms suffixed with ستان

Descendants

→ Armenian: -ստան (-stan)
→ Assamese: -স্তান (-stan)
→ Azerbaijani: -istan
→ Bashkir: -стан (-stan)
→ Bengali: -স্তান (-stan)
→ Chagatai: ـستان
- Uyghur: ـىستان (-istan)
- Uzbek: -iston
→ English: -stan
→ Georgian: -სტანი (-sṭani)
→ Gujarati: -સ્તાન (-stān)
→ Hindi: -स्तान (-stān)
→ Kazakh: -стан (-stan)
→ Kyrgyz: -стан (-stan)
→ Malayalam: -സ്ഥാന് (-sthānŭ)
→ Ottoman Turkish: ـستان (-istan)
- Turkish: -istan
→ Punjabi: -ਸਤਾਨ (-satān)
→ Tamil: -ஸ்தான் (-stāṉ)
→ Tatar: -стан (-stan)
→ Turkmen: -istan
→ Urdu: سِتان (sítan, -stan)

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