Where does “Хырхызстан” come from?
Хырхызстан (Dungan) comes 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-.
Хырхызстан (Dungan) comes 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-.