عربستان
Chagatai
Etymology
From عَرَب ('arab, “Arab”) + ـِستان (-estân).
Proper noun
عربستان (ʿarabistān)
- 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)
- (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)
Descendants
- Uyghur: ئەرەبىستان (erebistan)
- Uzbek: Arabiston
Persian
Etymology
From عَرَب ('arab, “Arab”) + ـِستان (-estân).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ʔa.ɾa.bis.ˈtaːn/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔä.ɾä.bɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔæ.ɹæ.bes.t̪ʰɒ́ːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔä.ɾä.bis.t̪ʰɔ́n]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | arabistān |
| Dari reading? | arabistān |
| Iranian reading? | arabestân |
| Tajik reading? | arabiston |
Noun
| Dari | عربستان |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | Арабистон |
عَرَبِسْتان • ('arabestân)
- 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)
- (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)
- Synonym: شِبْهِ جَزیرِهٔ عَرَبِسْتان (šebh-e jazire-ye 'arabestân)
- Saudi Arabia (a country in Western Asia in the Middle East)
- Synonym: عَرَبِسْتانِ سَعودی ('arabestân-e sa'udi)
- (historical) Arabistan (a historical region of southwestern Iran)
Usage notes
- In modern contexts, the word usually refers to Saudi Arabia.
See also
- عربستان سعودی on the Persian Wikipedia.Wikipedia fa
- شبه جزیره عربستان on the Persian Wikipedia.Wikipedia fa
Urdu
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /(ʔ)əɾ.bɪs.t̪ɑːn/
Noun
عَرْبِسْتان • ('arbistān) m (Hindi spelling अरबिस्तान)
- 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)
- (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)
- Synonyms: جزیرہ نمائے عرب (jazīra numā-e 'arab), جزیرہ نما عرب (jazīra numā 'arab)