-স্তান

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ـِستان (-istān).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /st̪an/, [ˈst̪an]

• (Dhaka) 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”)

Related terms

• -স্তানি (-stani)