-istan

See also: -stan

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ـِسْتَان (-istān).

Suffix

preceding vowel
A / I	E / Ə / İ	O / U	Ö / Ü
-ıstan	-istan	-ustan	-üstan

-istan

1. -stan

Derived terms

Azerbaijani terms suffixed with -istan

Northern Kurdish

Alternative forms

• -stan

Etymology

Compare Persian ـِستَان (-estân), from Proto-Iranian *stáHnam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stáHnam (“act of standing; place”), from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂nom, derived from the root *steh₂- (“to stand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪsˈtɑːn/

Suffix

-istan f (Arabic spelling ـستان)

1. Used to form feminine nouns of regions and countries

   ‎kurd (“Kurd”) + ‎-istan → ‎Kurdistan (“the Middle Eastern region of Kurdistan”)

2. Used to form feminine collective nouns, meaning “a place in which to find a great quantity of the object expressed by the root noun”

   ‎dar (“tree”) + ‎-istan → ‎daristan (“forest”)

Derived terms

Northern Kurdish terms suffixed with -istan

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ـستان (-istan), from Classical Persian ـِسْتَان (-istān).

Suffix

-istan

1. -stan
2. (dialectal) a diminutive suffix

   Synonym: -cık

Derived terms

Turkish terms suffixed with -istan

Turkmen

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ـِسْتَان (-istān).

Suffix

-istan

1. -stan

Derived terms

Turkmen terms suffixed with -istan