Words that come from Proto-Iranian “stā́nam”

69 words across 18 languages descend from Proto-Iranian stā́nam — 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)

German (1)