Арабистон

Tajik

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Persian عَرَبِسْتَان (arabistān). By surface analysis, араб (arab) +‎ -истон (-iston).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /arabisˈton/, [ʔä.ɾä.bis.t̪ʰɔ́n]

Proper noun

Арабистон • (Arabiston) (Persian spelling عربستان)

  1. Arabia (a peninsula of Western Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; includes Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates)
  2. (broader sense) Arabia (the region of Western Asia within or adjacent to the Arabian Plate; Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the Egyptian Sinai, Palestine and the United Arab Emirates)
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