Where does “ကာဂျစ္စတန်” come from?
ကာဂျစ္စတန် (Burmese) comes from English Kyrgyzstan, from Kyrgyz Кыргызстан, from Kyrgyz -стан, from Persian ـِسْتَانْ, from Old Persian 𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴, from Proto-Iranian stā́nam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian stʰáHnam, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.
Ancestry of “ကာဂျစ္စတန်”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Kyrgyzstan | — |
| 2 | Kyrgyz | Кыргызстан | — |
| 3 | Kyrgyz | -стан | Suffix to form country names when added to names... |
| 4 | Persian | ـِسْتَانْ | place of |
| 5 | Old Persian | 𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 | place |
| 6 | Proto-Iranian | stā́nam | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | stʰáHnam | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |