Words that come from Middle Persian -stʾn'

67 words across 17 languages descend from Middle Persian -stʾn' — including Pakistan, Pakistani, Hindustan, Hindustani, Londonistan, Absurdistan, Blogistan, Pakistaniness.

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English (24)

Persian (13)

Hindi (6)

Urdu (5)

Latvian (4)

Punjabi (3)

Portuguese (2)

Faroese (1)

Turkish (1)

Marathi (1)

Chinese (1)

Pashto (1)

Middle Persian (1)

Vietnamese (1)

Azerbaijani (1)

Finnish (1)

German (1)