Where does “Sunnistan” come from?

Sunnistan (English) comes from English Sunni, from Arabic سُنِّيّ, from Arabic ـِيّ — {{n-g|suffix used to derive adjectives and...

Sunnistan (English): A hypothetical Sunni state in northwest Iraq

Definitions

  1. A hypothetical Sunni state in northwest Iraq

Ancestry of “Sunnistan”, step by step

Sunnistan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Sunni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSunniBelonging or relating to the branch of Islam...
2Arabicسُنِّيّ—
3Arabicـِيّ{{n-g|suffix used to derive adjectives and...

via English Stan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishStanAlternative letter-case form of stan; Stanley
2English-stanhome of; place where one stays; used especially...
3Classical Persianـِستَان—
Every word from Arabic ـِيّ →Every word from Arabic سُنِّيّ →Every word from English Sunni →