-стан

See also: стан and -stan

Bashkir

Etymology

From Persian (stân, “place of”), from Indo-Iranian verbal stem √sthā (√sthā, “to stand, stay”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [-ˈstɑn] (after back vowels)
IPA^(key): [-ˈstän] (after front vowels)

Suffix

-стан • (-stan)

Suffix to form country names when added to names of ethnic groups.

Derived terms

Башҡортостан (Bašqortostan)
Ҡаҙағстан (Qaðağstan)
Ҡырғыҙстан (Qïrğïðstan)
Төрөкмәнстан (Törökmänstan)
Үзбәкстан (Üzbäkstan)
Әрмәнстан (Ärmänstan)

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