Chagatai

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Etymology

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From عَرَب ('arab, Arab) +‎ ـِستان (-estân).

Proper noun

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عربستان (ʿarabistān)

  1. the Arabian Peninsula; Arabia (A peninsula of Western Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; includes Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates)
  2. (broader sense) Arabia (The region within or adjacent to the Arabian Plate; Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the Egyptian Sinai, Palestine and the United Arab Emirates)

Descendants

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  • Uyghur: ئەرەبىستان (erebistan)
  • Uzbek: Arabiston

Persian

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Etymology

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From عَرَب ('arab, Arab) +‎ ـِستان (-estân).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? araḇistān
Dari reading? arabistān
Iranian reading? arabestân
Tajik reading? arabiston

Noun

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Dari عربستان
Iranian Persian
Tajik Арабистон

عَرَبِسْتان ('arabestân)

  1. the Arabian Peninsula; Arabia (A peninsula of Western Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; includes Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates)
  2. (broader sense) Arabia (The region within or adjacent to the Arabian Plate; Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the Egyptian Sinai, Palestine and the United Arab Emirates)
    Synonym: شِبْهِ جَزیرِهٔ عَرَبِسْتان (šebh-e jazire-ye 'arabestân)
  3. Saudi Arabia (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)
    Synonym: عَرَبِسْتانِ سَعودی ('arabestân-e sa'udi)
  4. (historical) Arabistan (a historical region of southwestern Iran)

Usage notes

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  • In modern contexts, the word usually refers to Saudi Arabia.

See also

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Urdu

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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عَرَبِسْتان ('arabistānm (Hindi spelling अरबिस्तान)

  1. the Arabian Peninsula; Arabia (A peninsula of Western Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; includes Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates)
  2. (broader sense) Arabia (The region within or adjacent to the Arabian Plate; Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the Egyptian Sinai, Palestine and the United Arab Emirates)
    Synonyms: جزیرہ نمائے عرب (jazīra numā-e 'arab), جزیرہ نما عرب (jazīra numā 'arab)
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