-stʾn'

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Middle Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Persian 𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 (s-t-a-n /⁠stāna⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *stā́nam (compare Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬁𐬥𐬀 (stāna)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stáHnam (compare Sanskrit स्थान (sthā́na)), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (to stand). Compare Old Armenian -ստան (-stan), an Iranian borrowing.

Suffix

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-stʾn' (-estān)

  1. makes nouns of places
    ʾswlstʾn'AsōrestānAssyria, Persian Mesopotamia
    hndwstʾn'HindūstānIndia
    cynstʾn'ČīnestānChina
    dhmkstʾn'daxmagestāncemetery
    dpyrstʾn'dibīrestānschool
  2. of indeterminate function
    ẕmstʾn'Zamestānwinter
    dʾtstʾn'dādestānlaw
    bʾlstʾn'bārestānpatient, resigned

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press