-stʾn'

Middle Persian

Alternative forms

  • -𐭮𐭲𐭭 (-stn /⁠-estān⁠/) — Inscriptional Pahlavi
  • -ystʾʾn (-estān) — Manichaean

Etymology

    From Old Persian 𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 (s-t-a-n /⁠stāna⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *stā́nam (compare Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬁𐬥𐬀 (stāna)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stáHnam (compare Sanskrit स्थान (sthā́na)), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”). Compare Old Armenian -ստան (-stan), an Iranian borrowing.

    Suffix

    -stʾn' • (-estān)

    1. makes nouns of places
      ʾswlstʾn' ― Asōrestān ― Assyria, Persian Mesopotamia
      hndwstʾn' ― Hindūstān ― India
      cynstʾn' ― Čīnestān ― China
      dhmkstʾn' ― daxmagestān ― cemetery
      dpyrstʾn' ― dibīrestān ― school
    2. of indeterminate function
      ẕmstʾn' ― Zamestān ― winter
      dʾtstʾn' ― dādestān ― law
      bʾlstʾn' ― bārestān ― patient, resigned

    Derived terms

    Middle Persian terms suffixed with -stʾn'
    dštʾnstʾn'
    • bwdstʾn' (bōyestān)
    • bʾlstʾn' (bārestān)
    • cynstʾn' (Čīnestān)
    • dhmkstʾn' (daxmagestān)
    • dpyrstʾn' (dibīrestān)
    • dʾtstʾn' (dādestān)
    • gwstʾn' (gōstān)
    • hmdʾtstʾn' (ham-dādestān)
    • hndwstʾn' (Hindūstān)
    • hwcstʾn' / 𐭧𐭥𐭰𐭮𐭲𐭭 (Hūzestān)
    • hylptstʾn' (hērbedestān)
    • KNYAstʾn' (nayestān)
    • MDYNA (šahrestān)
    • plʾhngstʾn' (frahangestān)
    • skstʾn' (Sagestān)
    • swkwstʾn' (Sōgestān)
    • tplstʾn' (Tabarestān)
    • twlkstʾn' (Turkestān)
    • tʾp̄stʾn' (tābestān)
    • špstʾn' (šabestān)
    • ʾswlstʾn' / 𐭠𐭮𐭥𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭭 (Asōrestān)
    • ẕmstʾn' (zamestān)

    Descendants

    References

    • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
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