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Where does “-ստան” come from?

-ստան (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian -ստան, from Iranian stān(a)-.

-ստան (Armenian): Forming nouns with the meaning of place,...

Definitions

  1. Forming nouns with the meaning of place,...

Ancestry of “-ստան”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenian-ստանForming nouns with the meaning of place,...
2Iranianstān(a)-—
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