ـستان

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [‿ɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn], [‿s.t̪ʰɑ́ːn], [‿sɪ.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [‿ɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn], [‿st̪ʰɑ́ːn], [‿sɪ.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [‿is.t̪ʰɔ́ːn], [‿st̪ʰɔ́ːn], [‿si.t̪ʰɔ́ːn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [‿es.t̪ʰɒ́ːn], [‿s.t̪ʰɒ́ːn], [‿se.t̪ʰɒ́ːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [‿is.t̪ʰɔ́n], [‿s.t̪ʰɔ́n], [‿si.t̪ʰɔ́n]

Rhymes: -aːn

Readings
Classical reading^?	-istān, -stān, -sitān
Dari reading^?	-istān, -stān, -sitān
Iranian reading^?	-estân, -stân, -setân
Tajik reading^?	-iston, -ston, -siton

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Suffix


Iranian Persian	سِتان، ـستَان، ـِستَان
Dari	سِتان، ـستَان، ـِستَان
Tajik	-истон, -стон, -ситон

ـِستَان or ـستَان or سِتَان • (-estân or -stân or setân) (see Usage notes)

-istan, -estan, -stan
Synonym: ـان (-ân)

Usage notes

When the base noun ends with a consonant, the form (-estân) is used:^[1]

‎ (gol) + ‎ → ‎ (golestân)

‎ (afġân) + ‎ → ‎ (afġânestân)

‎ (tâjik) + ‎ → ‎ (tâjikestân)

When the base noun ends with a long vowel, the form (-stân) is used:^[1]

‎ (hendu) + ‎ → ‎ (hendustân)

‎ (pari) + ‎ → ‎ (paristân)

‎ (sakâ) + ‎ → ‎ (sakâstân)

When the base noun ends with the short vowel (-e) (from Classical Persian (-a)), either that vowel is rewritten as (a) and the form (-stân) is used, or the base noun is kept unchanged and the non-joining form (setân) is used:

‎ (lâle) + ‎ → ‎ (lâlastân)

‎ (lâle) + ‎ → ‎ (lâle-setân)

‎ (banafše) + ‎ → ‎ (banafše-setân)

Derived terms

Persian terms suffixed with ـستان

Descendants

Dari: ـستان (-istān), ـستان (-stān), ستان (sitān)
Iranian Persian: ـستان (-estân), ـستان (-stân), ستان (setân)
Tajik: -истон (-iston), -стон (-ston), -ситон (-siton)
→ Armenian: -ստան (-stan)
→ Assamese: -স্তান (-stan)
→ Azerbaijani: -istan
→ Bashkir: -стан (-stan)
→ Bengali: -স্তান (-stan)
→ Chagatai: ـستان (-stʾn)
- Uyghur: ـىستان (-istan)
- Uzbek: -iston
→ Chinese: 斯坦 (sītǎn)
→ English: -istan, -stan
→ Georgian: -სტანი (-sṭani)
→ Gujarati: -ઇસ્તાન (-istān), -સ્તાન (-stān)
→ Hindustani:
- Hindi: -इस्तान (-istān), -स्तान (-stān)
- Urdu: ـِسْتان (-istān), ـسْتان (-stān)
→ Kazakh: -стан (-stan)
→ Kyrgyz: -стан (-stan)
→ Malayalam: -സ്ഥാന് (-sthānŭ)
→ Ottoman Turkish: ـستان (-istan)
- Turkish: -istan
→ Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi script: -ਇਸਤਾਨ (-istān), -ਸਤਾਨ (-stān)
- Shahmukhi script: ـِسْتان (-istān), ـسْتان (-stān)
→ Russian: -истан (-istan), -стан (-stan)
→ Sindhi: ـِسْتَانُ (-istānu), ـسْتانُ (-stānu)
→ Spanish: -istán
→ Tamil: -ஸ்தான் (-stāṉ)
→ Tatar: -стан (-stan)
→ Turkmen: -istan

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “ستان”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary (overall work in English), London: Routledge & K. Paul