شهرستان

Persian

Alternative forms

شارستان (šârestân), شارسان (šârsân)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (MDYNA /⁠šahrestān⁠/), [Book Pahlavi needed] (štr'stʾn' /⁠šahrestān⁠/), 𐫢𐫍𐫡𐫘𐫤𐫀𐫗 (šhrstʾn /⁠šahrestān⁠/, “provincial capital, city”). By surface analysis, (šahr, “city”) +‎ (stân).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʃah.ɾis.ˈtaːn/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃäɦ.ɾɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃɑː.ɾɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃɔː.ɾis.t̪ʰɔ́ːn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃæɦ.ɹes.t̪ʰɒ́ːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃäɦ.ɾis.t̪ʰɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading^?	šahristān
Dari reading^?	šahristān
Iranian reading^?	šahrestân
Tajik reading^?	šahriston

Audio (Iran): (file)
Rhymes: -ɑːn

Noun


Iranian Persian	شهرستان
Dari	شهرستان
Tajik	шаҳристон

شهرستان • (šahrestân) (plural شهرستان‌ها)

county (administrative unit)
countryside, rural area
(archaic) large, fortified city

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “ش‍ﮩ‍رستان”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul