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-ਇਸਤਾਨ

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Punjabi

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Etymology

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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

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-ਇਸਤਾਨ (-istān) (Shahmukhi ـستان)

  1. -stan

Derived terms

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