Where does “Turkestan” come from?

Turkestan comes from Persian Turkestān, a place name meaning "land of the Turks" formed from Turk plus the Persian suffix -stān denoting territory or region.

Ancestry of “Turkestan”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Persian	ترکستان	—
2	Persian	ـستان	-istan, -estan, -stan
3	Middle Persian	-stʾn'	makes nouns of places; of indeterminate function
4	Proto-Indo-Iranian	stáHnam	the act of standing; position, location, place
5	Proto-Indo-European	stéh₂-no-m	—
6	Proto-Indo-European	steh₂-	to stand

Words derived from “Turkestan”

Turkestani

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