-istán

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Persian ـستان, from Middle Persian -stʾn', from Old Persian 𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 (s-t-a-n /⁠stāna-⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *stāna-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sthāna, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (to stand).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /isˈtan/ [isˈt̪ãn]
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: -is‧tán

Suffix[edit]

-istán m (noun-forming suffix, plural -istanes)

  1. -stan

Derived terms[edit]