stan

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Contents 1 Albanian 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 2 Czech 2.1 Noun 3 Old English 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Noun 3.3.1 Declension 3.3.2 Derived terms 4 Polish 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Noun 5 Serbo-Croatian 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Noun 5.2.1 Declension 5.2.2 Derived terms 5.2.3 Quotations 6 Swedish 6.1 Alternative forms 6.2 Etymology 6.3 Noun

[edit] Albanian

[edit] Etymology

Substratum word, akin to Romanian stână

[edit] Noun

stan m.

1. shepherd's hut
2. pen (for sheep)

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[edit] Czech

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stan

1. tent

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[edit] Old English

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From Germanic *staina-, from Indo-European *stāi-no-, *stī-no- (a suffixed form of *stāi-, to be solid, to crowd together); cognate with Old Frisian stēn, Old Saxon stēn (Dutch steen), Old High German stein (German Stein), Old Norse steinn (Danish and Swedish sten), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃. The IE root is also the source of Ancient Greek στῖον ‘pebble’, Slavic *stēnā- (Bulgarian and Russian стена, Czech stěna ‘wall’).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /stɑːn/

[edit] Noun

stān m.

1. stone

[edit] Declension

	Singular	Plural
nominative	stān	stānas
accusative	stān	stānas
genitive	stānes	stāna
dative	stāne	stānum

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• stānfāh

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[edit] Polish

[edit] Pronunciation

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stan

1. state (of affairs)
2. condition

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[edit] Serbo-Croatian

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From Proto-Slavic *stanъ, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“‘to stand, stay’”), whence also stȁti (“‘to stand’”), stȁviti (“‘to set, place’”), stȁdo (“‘herd’”) and stȏl (“‘table’”).

[edit] Noun

stȃn m. (Cyrillic spelling ста̑н)

1. flat, apartment

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• stàmbenī
• stànār

[edit] Quotations

• For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Alternative forms

• sta'n

[edit] Etymology

A form of stad

[edit] Noun

stan

1. colloquial form of staden (the town, the city)