-স্তান
Bengali
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian ـِستان (-istān).
Suffix
-স্তান • (-stan)
- Suffix to form country names when added to names of ethnic groups.
- কাজাখ (kajakh, “Kazakh”) + -স্তান (-stan) → কাজাখস্তান (kajakhstan, “Kazakhstan”)
- কিরগিজ (kirgij, “Kyrgyz”) + -স্তান (-stan) → কিরগিজস্তান (kirgijstan, “Kyrgyzstan”)
- Suffix to form place of something.
Related terms
- -স্তানি (-stani)
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