-স্তান

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ـِستان (-istān).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /st̪an/, [ˈst̪an]

Suffix

-স্তান • (-stan)

  1. 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)
  2. Suffix to form place of something.
    গুল (gul, rose) + -স্তান (-stan)গুলিস্তান (gulistan, rose garden)
  • -স্তানি (-stani)
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