شارستان

Persian

Etymology

From شهرستان (šahrestân). Akin to Old Armenian շահաստան (šahastan); an Iranian borrowing.

Noun

شارستان • (šârestân, šârastân)

1. city
2. provincial capital

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “شارستان”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul