مغولستان

Persian

Etymology

From مغول (moğol, “Mongol”) +‎ ـستان (-estân, “-land”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mu.ɣuː.lis.ˈtɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.ɣuː.lɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.ɣuː.lɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.ɣuː.lɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.ɣu.lis.t̪ʰɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.ɢo.les.t̪ʰɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.ʁu.lis.t̪ʰɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	muğūlistān
Dari reading?	muğūlistān
Iranian reading?	moğolestân
Tajik reading?	muġuliston

Proper noun

Dari	مغولستان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Муғулистон

مُغولِسْتان • (moğolestân)

1. Mongolia (a country in Eastern Asia)
2. Mongolia (a region in East Asia including Inner Mongolia and Outer Mongolia, sometimes also including Buryatia, Tuva, Altay)
3. (historical) Moghulistan (a Mongol breakaway khanate of the Chagatai Khanate, and a historical geographic area north of the Tengri Tagh mountain range, on the border of Central Asia and East Asia)

Derived terms

• مغولستانی (moğolestâni)