Words that come from Proto-Indo-Iranian “stáHnam”

118 words across 33 languages descend from Proto-Indo-Iranian stáHnam — including Pakistan, Pakistani, Hindustan, Hindustani, thana, Bashkortostan, Londonistan, Absurdistan.

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English (27)

Hindi (15)

Persian (14)

Thai (9)

Urdu (6)

Bashkir (6)

Latvian (4)

Marathi (3)

Khmer (3)

Punjabi (3)

Sanskrit (2)

Kyrgyz (2)

Sauraseni Prakrit (2)

Portuguese (2)

Middle Persian (2)

Faroese (1)

Turkish (1)

Armenian (1)

Telugu (1)

Chinese (1)

Gujarati (1)

Old Marathi (1)

Pali (1)

Burmese (1)

Pashto (1)

Maharastri Prakrit (1)

Vietnamese (1)

Azerbaijani (1)

Finnish (1)

Proto-Indo-Aryan (1)

Old Persian (1)

Proto-Iranian (1)

German (1)