-ստան

Armenian

Alternative forms

• -աստան (-astan)

Etymology

From Old Armenian -ստան (-stan).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): /-stan/ [-stɑn]
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): /-sdan/ [-stɑn]

Suffix

-ստան • (-stan)

1. Forming nouns with the meaning of place, especially country names.

Derived terms

Armenian terms suffixed with -ստան

Armenian terms suffixed with -աստան

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• -աստան (-astan)

Etymology

From Iranian *stān(a)-. Compare Middle Persian -stʾn'.

Suffix

-ստան • (-stan)

1. Forming nouns with the meaning of place, especially country names.

   Հայաստան ― Hayastan ― Armenia

   Վրաստան ― Vrastan ― Georgia

   անդաստան ― andastan ― fields

Declension

i-a-type

	singular		plural
nominative	-ստան (-stan)		-ստանք (-stankʻ)
genitive	-ստանի (-stani)		-ստանաց (-stanacʻ)
dative	-ստանի (-stani)		-ստանաց (-stanacʻ)
accusative	-ստան (-stan)		-ստանս (-stans)
ablative	-ստանէ (-stanē)		-ստանաց (-stanacʻ)
instrumental	-ստանաւ (-stanaw)		-ստանաւք = -ստանօք (-stanawkʻ = -stanōkʻ)
locative	-ստանի (-stani)		-ստանս (-stans)

Derived terms

Old Armenian terms suffixed with -աստան

Related terms

• խոնաստան (xonastan)

Descendants

• Armenian: -ստան (-stan)

References

• Gočanean, Pōġos (2011) Dasakan grabari gorcnakan kʻerakanutʻiwn [Practical Grammar of Classical Old Armenian]‎^[1] (in Armenian), Vienna and Yerevan: Mekhitarist Press, page 65
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-(ա)ստան”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʻneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʻ lezvi hamematakan kʻerakanutʻyan harcʻer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʻi, pages 5–48