-stan

See also: stan, Stan, śtan, stán, ştan, stan', and -стан

English

Alternative forms

• -istan, -estan

Etymology

From Persian ـستان (-estān), from Middle Persian -stʾn' (-estān), from Old Persian 𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 (s-t-a-n /⁠stāna⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *stáHnam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stʰáHnam, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”).

Compare Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬁𐬥𐬀 (stāna), Sanskrit स्थान (sthā́na), Russian стан (stan) (< Proto-Slavic *stanъ), English stay, stand, state.

Suffix

-stan

1. home of; place where one stays; used especially in place names

Usage notes

Corresponding demonym usually formed by suffixing -i, yielding -stani. When the root is an ethnicity, the -stani form refers to the nationality, not ethnicity. Compare Tajik (“member of Tajik ethnic group”) and Tajikistani (“inhabitant of nation of Tajikistan”).

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -stan

Related terms

• Afghanistan
• Baluchistan, Balochistan
• Bashkortostan
• Dagestan
• Hindustan
• Kazakhstan
• Khalistan
• Kurdistan
• Kyrgyzstan
• Pakistan
• Rajasthan
• Tajikistan
• Tatarstan
• Turkestan
• Turkmenistan
• Uzbekistan

 

Translations

home of; place where one stays; used especially in place names

• Arabic: ـسْتَان (-stān)
• Azerbaijani: -istan, -stan
• Bashkir: -стан (-stan)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: -斯坦 (-sītǎn)

• Czech: -stán m, -istán m
• Esperanto: -ujo (eo), -io (eo)
• Finnish: -stan
• Hindi: -स्तान m (-stān) (connected with diacritic -i- after consonants)
• Kazakh: -стан (-stan)
• Kyrgyz: -стан (-stan)
• Lithuanian: -stanas m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Middle Persian: -stʾn' (-estān)
• Persian: ـستان (fa) (-(e)stân)
• Portuguese: -istão
• Russian: -иста́н m (-istán), -ста́н (ru) m (-stán)
• Tajik: -истон (-iston), -стон (-ston)
• Tatar: -стан (-stan)
• Thai: สถาน (th) (sà-tǎan)
• Turkish: -istan (tr), -stan
• Turkmen: -istan, -stan
• Ukrainian: -стан m (-stan)
• Urdu: ـستان m (-(i)stān)
• Uzbek: -iston, -ston

Anagrams

• ASNT, NTAs, Nast, Nats, Sant, Tans, Tsan, ants, nats, tans

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