تاتارستان

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تَاتَارِسْتَان (tātāristān). By surface analysis, تاتار (tâtâr, “Tatar”) +‎ ـستان (-stân, “-stan”)

Proper noun

تاتارستان • (tâtâristân)

1. Tatarstan (a geographic region of Russia)

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “تاتارستان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 472

Persian

Etymology

From تَاتَار (tātār / tâtâr) +‎ ـسْتَان (-istān / -estân).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /taː.taː.ris.ˈtaːn/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɑː.t̪ʰɑː.ɾɪs.t̪ʰɑːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɑː.t̪ʰɑː.ɾɪs.t̪ʰɑːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɑː.t̪ʰɑː.ɾɪs.t̪ʰɑːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɔː.t̪ʰɔː.ɾis.t̪ʰɔːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɒː.t̪ʰɒː.ɹes.t̪ʰɒːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɔ.t̪ʰɔ.ɾis.t̪ʰɔn]

• Rhymes: -aːn

Readings
Classical reading?	tātāristān
Dari reading?	tātāristān
Iranian reading?	tâtârestân
Tajik reading?	totoriston

Proper noun

تَاتَارِسْتَان • (tātāristān / tâtârestân) (Tajik spelling Тотористон)

1. Tatarstan (a republic and federal subject of south-central Russia)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Tatar Татарстан (Tatarstan) and/or Classical Persian تَاتَارِسْتَان (tātāristān). By surface analysis, تَاتَار (“Tatar”) +‎ ـسْتَان (“-stan”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ɑː.t̪ɑː.ɾɪs.t̪ɑːn/, /t̪ɑː.t̪ɑːɾ.st̪ɑːn/

Proper noun

تَاتَارِسْتَان • (tātāristān) f (Hindi spelling तातारिस्तान or तातारस्तान)

1. Tatarstan (a republic and federal subject of south-central Russia)