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

71 words across 19 languages descend from Proto-Indo-Iranian stʰáHnam — 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)

Middle Persian (2)

Proto-Iranian (2)

Faroese (1)

Turkish (1)

Marathi (1)

Chinese (1)

Pashto (1)

Vietnamese (1)

Azerbaijani (1)

Finnish (1)

Old Persian (1)

German (1)