Middle Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    From 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

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    -stʾn' (-estān)

    1. makes nouns of places
      ʾswlstʾn'AsōrestānAssyria, Persian Mesopotamia
      hndwstʾn'HindūstānIndia
      cynstʾn'ČīnestānChina
      dhmkstʾn'daxmagestāncemetery
      dpyrstʾn'dibīrestānschool
    2. of indeterminate function
      ẕmstʾn'Zamestānwinter
      dʾtstʾn'dādestānlaw
      bʾlstʾn'bārestānpatient, resigned

    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    References

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    • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
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