Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian -ստան (-stan).

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-ստան (-stan)

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

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Suffix

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-ստան (-stan)

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

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: -ստան (-stan)

References

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  • Gočanean, Pōġos (2011) Dasakan grabari gorcnakan kʻerakanutʻiwn [Practical Grammar of Classical Old Armenian]‎[1] (in Armenian), Vienna and Yerevan: Mekhitarist Press, page 65
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-(ա)ստան”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʻneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʻ lezvi hamematakan kʻerakanutʻyan harcʻer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʻi, pages 5–48