-ստան
Armenian edit
Alternative forms edit
- -աստան (-astan)
Etymology edit
From Old Armenian -ստան (-stan).
Pronunciation edit
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [-stɑn]
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [-stɑn]
Suffix edit
-ստան • (-stan)
- Forming nouns with the meaning of place, especially country names.
Derived terms edit
Old Armenian edit
Alternative forms edit
- -աստան (-astan)
Etymology edit
From Iranian *stān(a)-. Compare Middle Persian -stʾn'.
Suffix edit
-ստան • (-stan)
- Forming nouns with the meaning of place, especially country names.
Declension edit
i-a-type
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | -ստան (-stan) | -ստանք (-stankʿ) | |
genitive | -ստանի (-stani) | -ստանաց (-stanacʿ) | |
dative | -ստանի (-stani) | -ստանաց (-stanacʿ) | |
accusative | -ստան (-stan) | -ստանս (-stans) | |
ablative | -ստանէ (-stanē) | -ստանաց (-stanacʿ) | |
instrumental | -ստանաւ (-stanaw) | -ստանաւք = -ստանօք (-stanawkʿ = -stanōkʿ) | |
locative | -ստանի (-stani) | -ստանս (-stans) |
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- խոնաստան (xonastan)
Descendants edit
- Armenian: -ստան (-stan)
References edit
- Gočanean, Pōġos (2011) Dasakan grabari gorcnakan kʿerakanutʿiwn [Practical Grammar of Classical Old Armenian][1] (in Armenian), Vienna and Yerevan: Mekhitarist Press, page 65
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), “-(ա)ստան”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʿneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʿ lezvi hamematakan kʿerakanutʿyan harcʿer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʿi, pages 5–48