شهرستان

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (MDYNA /⁠šahrestān⁠/), [Book Pahlavi needed] (štr'stʾn' /⁠šahrestān⁠/), 𐫢𐫍𐫡𐫘𐫤𐫀𐫗 (šhrstʾn /⁠šahrestān⁠/, “provincial capital, city”). By surface analysis, شهر (šahr, “city”) +‎ ـستان (stân).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃah.ɾis.ˈtɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃäɦ.ɾɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃäɦ.ɾɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃɑː.ɾɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃɔː.ɾis.t̪ʰɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃæɦ.ɹes.t̪ʰɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃäɦ.ɾis.t̪ʰɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	šahristān
Dari reading?	šahristān
Iranian reading?	šahrestân
Tajik reading?	šahriston

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• Rhymes: -ân

Noun

Dari	شهرستان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	шаҳристон

شهرستان • (šahrestân) (plural شهرستان‌ها (šahrestân-hâ))

1. county (administrative unit)
2. (archaic) large, fortified city

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “ش‍ﮩ‍رستان”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul