-इस्तान

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ـِسْتَان (-istān), from Middle Persian -stʾn' (-estān), from Old Persian 𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 (s-t-a-n /⁠stāna⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *stā́nam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stʰáHnam, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”).

Suffix

-इस्तान • (-istān) (Urdu spelling ـستان)

1. -istan

Usage notes

-स्तान (-stān) is used if the word ends in a vowel.

Derived terms

• -इस्तानी (-istānī)

Hindi terms suffixed with -इस्तान