-ստան
Armenian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- -աստան (-astan)
Etymology
[edit]From Old Armenian -ստան (-stan).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /stɑn/, [stɑn]
- (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /sdɑn/, [stɑn]
Suffix
[edit]-ստան • (-stan)
- Forming nouns with the meaning of place, especially country names.
Derived terms
[edit]Old Armenian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- -աստան (-astan)
Etymology
[edit]From Iranian *stān(a)-. Compare Middle Persian -stʾn'.
Suffix
[edit]-ստան • (-stan)
- Forming nouns with the meaning of place, especially country names.
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -ստան (-stan) | -ստանք (-stankʻ) |
| genitive | -ստանի (-stani) | -ստանաց (-stanacʻ) |
| dative | -ստանի (-stani) | -ստանաց (-stanacʻ) |
| accusative | -ստան (-stan) | -ստանս (-stans) |
| ablative | -ստանէ (-stanē) | -ստանաց (-stanacʻ) |
| instrumental | -ստանաւ (-stanaw) | -ստանաւք = -ստանօք (-stanawkʻ = -stanōkʻ) |
| locative | -ստանի (-stani) | -ստանս (-stans) |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- խոնաստան (xonastan)
Descendants
[edit]- Armenian: -ստան (-stan)
References
[edit]- Gočanean, Pōġos (2011) Dasakan grabari gorcnakan kʻerakanutʻiwn [Practical Grammar of Classical Old Armenian][1] (in Armenian), Vienna and Yerevan: Mekhitarist Press, page 65
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-(ա)ստան”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʻneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʻ lezvi hamematakan kʻerakanutʻyan harcʻer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʻi, pages 5–48