-istán

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ـستان, from Middle Persian -stʾn', from Old Persian 𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 (s-t-a-n /⁠stāna-⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *stāna-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sthāna, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /isˈtan/ [isˈt̪ãn]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: -is‧tán

Suffix

-istán m (noun-forming suffix, plural -istanes)

1. -stan

Derived terms

• Catalanistán
• Pendejistán