اردستان
Persian
Alternative forms
- آردستان (ârdestân)
Etymology
From ارد (ard, from Old Iranian *arda- (“side, half”)) + ـستان (-estân).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ʔaɾ.dis.ˈtaːn/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔäɾ.d̪ɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔæɹ.d̪es.t̪ʰɒ́ːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔäɾ.d̪is.t̪ʰɔ́n]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | ardistān |
| Dari reading? | ardistān |
| Iranian reading? | ardestân |
| Tajik reading? | ardiston |
Proper noun
| Dari | اردستان |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | Ардистон |
اردستان • (ardestân)
Derived terms
- اردستانی (ardestâni)
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: Ərdistan
- → Chagatai: اردستان
- Uzbek: Ardiston
- → Ottoman Turkish: اردستان
- Turkish: Erdistan
References
- ^ 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: “Ard-istān, Ird-istān / Ard-estān – name of a district in Persia < ard (?) < OIr. *arda- ‘side, half’, cf. Skr. árdha-.”