-stʾn'
Middle Persian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Persian 𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 (s-t-a-n /stāna/), from Proto-Iranian *stā́nam (compare Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬁𐬥𐬀 (stāna)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stáHnam (compare Sanskrit स्थान (sthā́na)), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”). Compare Old Armenian -ստան (-stan), an Iranian borrowing.
Suffix
edit-stʾn' • (-estān)
- makes nouns of places
- of indeterminate function
Derived terms
edit- bwdstʾn' (bōyestān)
- bʾlstʾn' (bārestān)
- cynstʾn' (Čīnestān)
- dhmkstʾn' (daxmagestān)
- dpyrstʾn' (dibīrestān)
- dʾtstʾn' (dādestān)
- gwstʾn' (gōstān)
- hmdʾtstʾn' (ham-dādestān)
- hndwstʾn' (Hindūstān)
- hwcstʾn' / 𐭧𐭥𐭰𐭮𐭲𐭭 (Hūzestān)
- hylptstʾn' (hērbedestān)
- KNYAstʾn' (nayestān)
- MDYNA (šahrestān)
- plʾhngstʾn' (frahangestān)
- skstʾn' (Sagestān)
- swkwstʾn' (Sōgestān)
- tplstʾn' (Tabarestān)
- twlkstʾn' (Turkestān)
- tʾp̄stʾn' (tābestān)
- špstʾn' (šabestān)
- ʾswlstʾn' / 𐭠𐭮𐭥𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭭 (Asōrestān)
- ẕmstʾn' (zamestān)
Descendants
edit- Classical Persian: ـستان (-istân)
- 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
- → Chinese: 斯坦 (sītǎn)
- → English: -istan, -stan
- → Georgian: -სტანი (-sṭani)
- → Gujarati: -ઇસ્તાન (-istān), -સ્તાન (-stān)
- → Hindustani:
- → Kazakh: -стан (-stan)
- → Kyrgyz: -стан (-stan)
- → Malayalam: -സ്ഥാന് (-sthānŭ)
- → Ottoman Turkish: ـستان (-istan)
- Turkish: -istan
- → Punjabi:
- → Russian: -истан (-istan), -стан (-stan)
- → Sindhi: ـِسْتَانُ (-istānu), ـسْتانُ (-stānu)
- → Spanish: -istán
- → Tamil: -ஸ்தான் (-stāṉ)
- → Tatar: -стан (-stan)
- → Turkmen: -istan
References
edit- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
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- Middle Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Middle Persian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Middle Persian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *steh₂-
- Middle Persian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Middle Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Middle Persian terms inherited from Old Persian
- Middle Persian terms derived from Old Persian
- Middle Persian terms inherited from Proto-Iranian
- Middle Persian terms derived from Proto-Iranian
- Middle Persian lemmas
- Middle Persian suffixes
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