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]

• (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

Dari	ـِستَان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	-истон

ـِستَان • (-estân)

1. -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)