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Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /stæn/

Etymology

From Classical Persian ـِستَان, ـستَان (-(i)stān), from Middle Persian -stʾn' (-estān), from Old Persian 𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 (s-t-a-n /⁠stāna⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *stáHnam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stʰáHnam, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”). Compare Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬁𐬥𐬀 (stāna), Sanskrit स्थान (sthā́na), Russian стан (stan) (< Proto-Slavic *stanъ), Armenian -ստան (-stan), English stay, stand, state, stead, Latin status.

Meanings

1. (morpheme) Used in the names of regions in the Middle East and Central Asia which were historically influenced by Persian and Turkic cultures.
2. (humorous, morpheme, often) Used to form fictitious or metaphoric country names, often with a connotation of it being an exotic or hostile country.
   • nerd + -istan → nerdistan
   • absurd + -istan → Absurdistan
3. (derogatory, ethnic, morpheme, slur) Used after European and American place names to emphasize that many Middle Easterners or Muslims reside there.
   • London + -istan → Londonistan
   • Sweden + -istan → Swedistan
   • Dearborn + -istan → Dearbornistan

Forms

Relateds

Kyrgyzstan · Baluchistan · Turkestan · Rajasthan · Uzbekistan · Karakalpakstan · Bashkortostan · Khalistan · Hindustan · Lorestan · Tajikistan · Kurdistan · Afghanistan · Pakistan · Dagestan · Balochistan · Turkmenistan · Khuzestan · Kazakhstan · Tatarstan

Translations (50)

hi -स्तान (used in actual place names) · he ־סטאן (used in actual place names) · fi -stan (used in actual place names) · az -stan (used in actual place names) · ru -иста́н (used in actual place names) · pl -stan (used in actual place names) · ru -ста́н (used in actual place names) · hi स्थान (used in actual place names) · th สถาน (used in actual place names) · tg -истон (used in actual place names) · eo -ujo (used in actual place names) · ky -стан (used in actual place names) · uz -ston (used in actual place names) · pal -stʾn' (-estān) (used in actual place names) · pt -istão (used in actual place names) · tr -stan (used in actual place names) · uk -стан (used in actual place names) · tt -стан (used in actual place names) · as স্থান (used in actual place names) · az -istan (used in actual place names) · kk -стан (used in actual place names) · cs -stán (used in actual place names) · fa ـستان (used in actual place names) · he ־סטן (used in actual place names) · hi स्तान (used in actual place names) · he ־סתאן (used in actual place names) · ar ـسْتَان (used in actual place names) · ba -стан (used in actual place names) · eo -io (used in actual place names) · ja -スタン (used in actual place names) · ta -ஸ்தான் (used in actual place names) · es -stán (used in actual place names) · sa -स्थान (used in actual place names) · tr -istan (used in actual place names) · ota ـستان (used in actual place names) · km ស្ថាន (used in actual place names) · hi इस्तान (used in actual place names) · cmn -斯坦 (used in actual place names) · sv -stan (used in actual place names) · uz -iston (used in actual place names) · es -istán (used in actual place names) · lt -stanas (used in actual place names) · hy -ստան (used in actual place names) · de -stan (used in actual place names) · lv -stāna (used in actual place names) · tk -istan (used in actual place names) · ur ـستان (used in actual place names) · tk -stan (used in actual place names) · cs -istán (used in actual place names) · tg -стон (used in actual place names)