Word Origin Summary

ستان is attested in FAS. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Ancestry Chain

1. *stā́namProto-Indo-Iranianinherited from
2. *stáHnamProto-Indo-Iranianinherited from
3. -stʾn'Middle Persianinherited from
4. *steh₂-Proto-Indo-Europeanderived from
5. 𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴Old Persianinherited from

Descendants and Related Terms

• อุซเบกิสถาน

  Thai · borrowed from

• Kasakstan

  Faroese · derived from

• Afganistan

  Faroese · derived from

• Pakistan

  Faroese · derived from

• ဥဇဘက်ကစ္စတန်

  Burmese · borrowed from

• Turkmenistāna

  Latvian · derived from

• Uzbekistan

  English · derived from

• -stan

  English · derived from

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