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

70 words across 19 languages descend from Proto-Indo-Iranian sthāna — 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)

Faroese (1)

Turkish (1)

Marathi (1)

Chinese (1)

Pashto (1)

Vietnamese (1)

Azerbaijani (1)

Finnish (1)

Old Persian (1)

Proto-Iranian (1)

German (1)