-истон

Tajik

Alternative forms

-стон (-ston), -ситон (-siton)

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *os

Proto-Indo-Iranian *stáHnam

Middle Persian -stʾn'

Classical Persian (-istān)

Tajik -истон (-iston)

Inherited from Classical Persian (-istān).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /isˈton/, [ʔis.t̪ʰɔ́n]

Suffix

-истон • (-iston) (Persian spelling ـستان)

-istan

Usage notes

See Persian (-istān / -estân).

Derived terms

Uzbek

Suffix

-истон (-iston)

Cyrillic spelling of -iston