Armenian edit

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Etymology edit

From Old Armenian -ստան (-stan).

Pronunciation edit

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-ստան (-stan)

  1. Forming nouns with the meaning of place, especially country names.

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Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Iranian *stān(a)-. Compare Middle Persian -stʾn'.

Suffix edit

-ստան (-stan)

  1. Forming nouns with the meaning of place, especially country names.
    ՀայաստանHayastanArmenia
    ՎրաստանVrastanGeorgia
    անդաստանandastanfields

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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