-istan

== English == === Suffix === -istan Alternative form of -stan. ==== Derived terms ==== == Azerbaijani == === Etymology === Borrowed from Classical Persian ـِسْتَان (-istān). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [isˈdɑn] === Suffix === -istan -stan ==== Derived terms ==== == Northern Kurdish == === Alternative forms === -stan === Etymology === Compare Persian ـِستَان (-estân), from Proto-Iranian *stáHnam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stáHnam (“act of standing; place”), from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂nom, derived from the root *steh₂- (“to stand”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪsˈtɑːn/ === Suffix === -istan f (Arabic spelling ـستان) Used to form feminine nouns of regions and countries ‎kurd (“Kurd”) + ‎-istan → ‎Kurdistan (“the Middle Eastern region of Kurdistan”) Used to form feminine collective nouns, meaning “a place in which to find a great quantity of the object expressed by the root noun” ‎dar (“tree”) + ‎-istan → ‎daristan (“forest”) ==== Derived terms ==== == Turkish == === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ـستان (-istan), from Classical Persian ـِسْتَان (-istān). === Suffix === -istan -stan (dialectal) a diminutive suffix Synonym: -cık ==== Derived terms ==== == Turkmen == === Etymology === Borrowed from Classical Persian ـِسْتَان (-istān). === Suffix === -istan -stan ==== Derived terms ====