Ирыстон

Ossetian

Etymology

From ир (ir, “Ossetians”) +‎ -ыстон (-yston, “land of”). Compare Middle Persian ʾlystʾn' (/⁠arestān⁠/),[1] a hapax legomenon claimed to be an improper spelling of *ʾylstʾn (/⁠*ērestān⁠/, “the land of the Aryans”), from 𐭠𐭩𐭫 (ʾyl /⁠ēr⁠/, “Aryan”) +‎ -𐭮𐭲𐭭 (-stn /⁠-estān⁠/, “land of”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iˈrɨʂton/

Proper noun

Ирыстон • (Iryston)

  1. Ossetia

See also

  • Аланыстон (Alanyston, “Alania”)

References

  1. ^ Nyberg, H. S. (1974) “aryastān”, in A Manual of Pahlavi, Part II: Glossary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 30,
  2. ^ Maciuszak, Kinga (2008) “The Persian suffix -(e)stān 'the land of'”, in Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia‎[1], volume 13, number 1, Cracow: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, pages 119–140:
    Arya-stān [’lyst’n'] ‘the country, kingdom of the Aryans’ (in one text only) < *Arya. The possible OP form: *ariya-stāna-, cf. OP Ariya- ‘Arian’ (cf. Av. aⁱrya-, Skt. ā́rya- ‘noble’) > MP ēr ‘noble, hero, Aryan, Iranian’ (cf. Ērān ‘land of the Aryans’ < G. Pl. *ariyānām); hence MP [’lyst’n] should rather be read *ar-estān / *ar-istān or more properly *ēr-istān [’ylst’n] — unfortunately not attested in other texts.
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