-stʾn'

St. n. Middle Persian Alternative forms pal -𐭮𐭲𐭭 -estān Inscriptional Pahlavi pal -ystʾʾn -estān Manichaean Etymology pal suffix noun :inh iir-pro:*stáHnam<id:position> From pal peo 𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 stāna, from pal ira-pro *stā́nam (compare ae 𐬯𐬙𐬁𐬥𐬀), from pal iir-pro *stáHnam (compare sa स्थान sthā́na), from pal ine-pro *steh₂- to stand. Compare xcl -ստան, an Iranian borrowing. Suffix pal suffix -estān Phlv makes nouns of places pal 1 ʾswlstʾn' Asōrestān Assyria, Persian Mesopotamia pal 1 hndwstʾn' Hindūstān India pal 1 cynstʾn' Čīnestān China pal 1 dhmkstʾn' daxmagestān cemetery pal 1 dpyrstʾn' dibīrestān school of indeterminate function pal 1 ẕmstʾn' Zamestān winter pal 1 dʾtstʾn' dādestān law pal 1 bʾlstʾn' bārestān patient, resigned Derived terms pal pal pal ʾswlstʾn' / pal 𐭠𐭮𐭥𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭭 Asōrestān pal bʾlstʾn' bārestān pal bwdstʾn' bōyestān pal cynstʾn' Čīnestān pal dʾtstʾn' dādestān pal dhmkstʾn' daxmagestān pal dpyrstʾn' dibīrestān pal gwstʾn' gōstān pal hmdʾtstʾn' ham-dādestān pal hndwstʾn' Hindūstān pal hylptstʾn' hērbedestān pal hwcstʾn' / pal 𐭧𐭥𐭰𐭮𐭲𐭭 Hūzestān pal KNYAstʾn' nayestān pal MDYNA šahrestān pal plʾhngstʾn' frahangestān pal skstʾn' Sagestān pal swkwstʾn' Sōgestān pal špstʾn' šabestān pal tʾp̄stʾn' tābestān pal tplstʾn' Tabarestān pal twlkstʾn' Turkestān pal ẕmstʾn' zamestān Descendants fa-cls ـستان -istân References