-ստան
Armenian
editAlternative forms
edit- -աստան (-astan)
Etymology
editFrom Old Armenian -ստան (-stan).
Pronunciation
edit- (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /stɑn/, [stɑn]
- (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /sdɑn/, [əstɑ́n]
Suffix
edit-ստան • (-stan)
- Forming nouns with the meaning of place, especially country names.
Derived terms
editOld Armenian
editAlternative forms
edit- -աստան (-astan)
Etymology
editFrom Iranian *stān(a)-. Compare Middle Persian -stʾn'.
Suffix
edit-ստան • (-stan)
- Forming nouns with the meaning of place, especially country names.
Declension
editi-a-type
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | -ստան (-stan) | -ստանք (-stankʻ) | |
genitive | -ստանի (-stani) | -ստանաց (-stanacʻ) | |
dative | -ստանի (-stani) | -ստանաց (-stanacʻ) | |
accusative | -ստան (-stan) | -ստանս (-stans) | |
ablative | -ստանէ (-stanē) | -ստանաց (-stanacʻ) | |
instrumental | -ստանաւ (-stanaw) | -ստանաւք = -ստանօք (-stanawkʻ = -stanōkʻ) | |
locative | -ստանի (-stani) | -ստանս (-stans) |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
edit- խոնաստան (xonastan)
Descendants
edit- Armenian: -ստան (-stan)
References
edit- 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