Where does “Ռուսաստան” come from?
Ռուսաստան (Armenian) comes from Armenian -աստան, from Old Armenian -աստան, from Old Armenian -ստան, from Iranian stān(a)-.
Ռուսաստան (Armenian): Russia
Ancestry of “Ռուսաստան”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Armenian | -աստան | Alternative form of -ստան |
| 2 | Old Armenian | -աստան | Alternative form of -ստան |
| 3 | Old Armenian | -ստան | Forming nouns with the meaning of place,... |
| 4 | Iranian | stān(a)- | — |
Words derived from “Ռուսաստան”