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Appendix:Variations of "stan" English -istan Should -stan be moved to -istan? Alternative forms en -istan -estan Etymology en ine-pro *steh₂- en suffix :bor fa-cls:ـِستَان<id:suffix> From en fa-cls ـِستَان,ـستَان -(i)stān, from en pal -stʾn' -estān, from en peo 𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 stāna, from en ira-pro *stáHnam, from en iir-pro *stʰáHnam, from en ine-pro *steh₂- to stand. Compare ae 𐬯𐬙𐬁𐬥𐬀, sa स्थान sthā́na, ru стан (< sla-pro *stanъ), hy -ստան, en stay, en stand, en state, en stead, la status. Pronunciation en /stæn/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--stan.wav Southern England en stan Stan Suffix Used in the names of regions in the Middle East and Central Asia which were historically influenced by Persian and Turkic cultures. en often humorous Used to form fictitious or metaphoric country names, often with a connotation of it being an exotic or hostile country. en absurd -istan Absurdistan 1 en nerd -istan nerdistan 1 en derogatory ethnic slur Used after European and American place names to emphasize that many Middle Easterners or Muslims reside there. en London -istan Londonistan 1 en Dearborn -istan Dearbornistan 1 en Sweden -istan Swedistan 1 Usage notes The corresponding demonym is usually formed by suffixing en -i, yielding en -stani. When the root is an ethnicity, the en -stani form refers to the nationality, not ethnicity. Compare en Tajik member of Tajik ethnic group and en Tajikistani inhabitant of nation of Tajikistan. Derived terms en Related terms en Afghanistan Baluchistan,Balochistan Bashkortostan Dagestan Hindustan Kazakhstan Karakalpakstan Khalistan Khuzestan Kurdistan Kyrgyzstan Lorestan Pakistan Rajasthan Tajikistan Tatarstan Turkestan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Translations used in actual place names Arabic: ar ـسْتَان Armenian: hy -ստան Assamese: as স্থান Azerbaijani: az -istan, az -stan Bashkir: ba -стан Chinese: Mandarin: cmn -斯坦 -sītǎn Czech: cs -stán m, cs -istán m Esperanto: eo -ujo, eo -io Finnish: fi -stan German: de -stan n Hebrew: he ־סטן f -stan -סטן, he ־סתאן f -stan -סתאן, he ־סטאן f -stan -סטאן Hindi: hi -स्तान m connected with diacritic -i- after consonants, hi स्तान, hi इस्तान, hi स्थान Japanese: ja -スタン -sutan Kazakh: kk -стан Khmer: km ស្ថាន Kyrgyz: ky -стан Latvian: lv -stāna f Lithuanian: lt -stanas m Ossetian: os -ыстон Persian: fa ـستان -estân Middle Persian: pal -stʾn' -estān Polish: pl -stan m Portuguese: pt -istão Russian: ru -иста́н m, ru -ста́н m Sanskrit: sa -स्थान n -sthāna Spanish: es -istán, es -stán Swedish: sv -stan Tajik: tg -истон, tg -стон Tamil: ta -ஸ்தான் Tatar: tt -стан Thai: th สถาน Turkish: tr -istan, tr -stan Ottoman Turkish: ota ـستان -istan Turkmen: tk -istan, tk -stan Ukrainian: uk -стан m Urdu: ur ستان m -(i)stān ـستان Uzbek: uz -iston, uz -ston Anagrams en anst Tans nats ants ASNT tans Nats Tsan NATs NTAs Sant Nast Northern Kurdish Pronunciation Suffix kmr suffix f noun-forming suffixes Arabic spelling ـستان kmr -istan