-стан
Bashkir
Etymology
From Persian ـِسْتَانْ (-estân, “place of”), from Old Persian 𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 (s-t-a-n), from Proto-Iranian *stáHnam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stáHnam (“position, location, place”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-стан • (-stan)
- Suffix to form country names when added to names of ethnic groups.
- башҡорт (başqort, “Bashkir”) + -стан (-stan) → Башҡортостан (Başqortostan, “Bashkortostan”)
- ҡырғыҙ (qırğıź, “Kyrgyz”) + -стан (-stan) → Ҡырғыҙстан (Qırğıźstan, “Kyrgyzstan”)
Derived terms
Kyrgyz
Etymology
From Persian ـِسْتَانْ (-estân, “place of”), from Old Persian 𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 (s-t-a-n), from Proto-Iranian *stáHnam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stáHnam, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”).
Suffix
-стан • (-stan)
- Suffix to form country names when added to names of ethnic groups.
- кыргыз (kırgız, “Kyrgyz”) + -стан (-stan) → Кыргызстан (Kırgızstan, “Kyrgyzstan”)
- өзбек (özbek, “Uzbek”) + -стан (-stan) → Өзбекстан (Özbekstan, “Uzbekistan”)
- Suffix to form place of something.
Derived terms
Categories:
- Bashkir terms derived from Persian
- Bashkir terms derived from Old Persian
- Bashkir terms derived from Proto-Iranian
- Bashkir terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Bashkir terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Bashkir terms with IPA pronunciation
- Bashkir lemmas
- Bashkir suffixes
- Kyrgyz terms derived from Persian
- Kyrgyz terms derived from Old Persian
- Kyrgyz terms derived from Proto-Iranian
- Kyrgyz terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Kyrgyz terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Kyrgyz lemmas
- Kyrgyz suffixes