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Etymology

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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

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Suffix

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-istão

  1. -stan (forms place names associated with Central and Southern Asia)

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