-স্তান

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ـِستان (-istān).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /st̪an/, [ˈst̪an]

Suffix

-স্তান • (-stan)

  1. Suffix to form country names when added to names of ethnic groups.
    ‎কাজাখ (kajakh, “Kazakh”) + ‎-স্তান (-stan) → ‎কাজাখস্তান (kajakhstan, “Kazakhstan”)
    ‎কিরগিজ (kirgij, “Kyrgyz”) + ‎-স্তান (-stan) → ‎কিরগিজস্তান (kirgijstan, “Kyrgyzstan”)
  2. Suffix to form place of something.
    ‎গুল (gul, “rose”) + ‎-স্তান (-stan) → ‎গুলিস্তান (gulistan, “rose garden”)
  • -স্তানি (-stani)
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