-stan

The suffix - stan (Persian ستان ) in Persian means "place of " or " home " and goes on an Indo-Iranian ( Indo-Aryan ) basic term for " place " or " where you are " back. The corresponding Sanskrit form is - sthana (st ʰ a ː na, स्थान in Devanagari ). Both forms are based on an Indo-European root * sta- " stand, " which was also words such as English, Latin and ancient Greek Stare histamai ( ἵσταμαι ) underlies all "stand" with the meaning, as well as many other words such as in Slavic languages ​​the Russian word стан ( stan ) for " settlement " or " camp" or Bosnian / Croatian / Serbian stan for " apartment ". Also in Germanic words such as state (place, place) or city the root is obtained.

The suffix is part of the names of many countries and regions of the Indo- Iranian and Turkic peoples populated areas, especially in Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent. It also appears in other place names, such as Persian stan -engine ( ريگستان ) " Sandort, " " desert," and golestan ( گلستان ) " City of Roses", " rose garden " or Hindi / Sanskrit Devasthan ("place the Devas "," temple ").

State names that end in- stan

  • Afghanistan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Pakistan
  • Tajikistan
  • Turkmenistan
  • Uzbekistan

Other Regions

  • Arabi Stan or Arabstan - in the strict sense Khuzistan, in a broader sense all those areas in Iran that were once inhabited by a minority eingewandeter Arabs or in the very broad sense pers عربستان ( Arabestan ) - Today's Persian term for "land of the Arabs " for example, Saudi Arabia and other areas inhabited by Arabs
  • Armenistan - former Ottoman province
  • Balochistan - province in western Pakistan
  • Gilgit- Baltistan in Kashmir
  • Bashkortostan - one of 87 autonomous regions of the Russian Federation
  • Bantustan - in South Africa during the apartheid regime collective name for the black majority population assigned settlement areas ( homelands ), the plural form of " Bantustans " in use
  • Khuzestan, Khuzestan - an area in the southwest of Iran
  • Dagestan - an autonomous territory of the Russian Federation
  • Gulistan - "Rose Garden " in Persian. An Iranian province, a palace in Tehran and a poem by Saadi
  • Hindustan - present Republic of India
  • Kafiristan - old name for Nuristan
  • Karakalpakstan
  • Khalistan - the vision of a Sikhstaates
  • Kordestan - a city populated by Kurds Iranian province
  • Kurdistan - the former Ottoman province of the Kurds in the Middle East
  • Lasistan - former Ottoman province of lasing in the South Caucasus
  • Lorestan or Luristan - an area in the west of Iran
  • Nuristan - Afghan province
  • Rajasthan - Indian State
  • Registan - historic site in Samarkand, sand desert in southern Afghanistan (literally "Sand Land" )
  • Sistan - an Iranian province
  • Tatarstan - an autonomous territory of the Russian Federation
  • Turkestan - a mountainous region in Central Asia
  • Waziristan - a mountainous region in northwestern Pakistan on the border with Afghanistan

Cities

  • Astana - the capital of Kazakhstan
  • Turkestan - a city in Kazakhstan

Fictional regions

  • Absurdistan
  • Ardistan and Dschinnistan
  • Lampukistan
  • Hamastan

- stan in other languages

  • Armenistan - Persian and Turkish name of Armenia
  • Bulgaristan - Turkish name of Bulgaria
  • Hayastan - Armenia's name in the national language
  • Hindistan - Turkish name of India
  • Lehistan - Persian and krimtatarischer Name of Poland
  • Macaristan - Turkish name of Hungary
  • Fingered Stan - geographical name for the deserts in Iran and Afghanistan
  • Tschetschenestan / Çeçenistan - Persian and Turkish name of Chechnya
  • Yunanistan - Turkish name of Greece
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