-стан

From Persian ـِسْتَانْ (-estân, “place of”), from Old Persian 𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 (s-t-a-n), from Proto-Iranian *stáHnam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stáHnam (“position, location, place”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”).

• IPA^(key): [-ˈstɑn] (after back vowels)
• IPA^(key): [-ˈstän] (after front vowels)

-стан • (-stan)

1. Suffix to form country names when added to names of ethnic groups.

   ‎башҡорт (başqort, “Bashkir”) + ‎-стан (-stan) → ‎Башҡортостан (Başqortostan, “Bashkortostan”)

   ‎ҡырғыҙ (qırğıź, “Kyrgyz”) + ‎-стан (-stan) → ‎Ҡырғыҙстан (Qırğıźstan, “Kyrgyzstan”)

From Persian ـِسْتَانْ (-estân, “place of”), from Old Persian 𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 (s-t-a-n), from Proto-Iranian *stáHnam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stáHnam, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”).

-стан • (-stan)

1. Suffix to form country names when added to names of ethnic groups.

   ‎кыргыз (kırgız, “Kyrgyz”) + ‎-стан (-stan) → ‎Кыргызстан (Kırgızstan, “Kyrgyzstan”)

   ‎өзбек (özbek, “Uzbek”) + ‎-стан (-stan) → ‎Өзбекстан (Özbekstan, “Uzbekistan”)

2. Suffix to form place of something.

   ‎гүл (gül, “flower”) + ‎-стан (-stan) → ‎гүлстан (gülstan, “rose garden”)

Borrowed from Persian ـِسْتَانْ (-estân, “place of”). Doublet of стан (stan).

• IPA^(key): [ˈstan]

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-ста́н • (-stán)

1. (sometimes derogatory or offensive) -stan; suffix to form country and province names, especially when added to names of traditionally Muslim ethnic groups.

Some Russians consider this suffix, specifically when used as an insult (instead of preexisting names like Казакстан and Башкортостан), to be offensive or racist because it perpetuates stereotypes of Central Asian countries and Muslim minorities as "backwards". Examples are shown at the derived slang terms using this suffix, such as "Бульбостан", "Калбитстан", and "Москвастан".