Where does “ख़ालिस्तान” come from?

ख़ालिस्तान (Hindi) comes from Punjabi ਖ਼ਾਲਿਸਤਾਨ, from Punjabi -ਇਸਤਾਨ, from Classical Persian ـِسْتَان, from Middle Persian -stʾn', from Old Persian 𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴, from Proto-Iranian stā́nam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian stʰáHnam, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

ख़ालिस्तान (Hindi): Khalistan, a separatist movement in Punjab, India

Definitions

  1. Khalistan, a separatist movement in Punjab, India

Ancestry of “ख़ालिस्तान”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Punjabiਖ਼ਾਲਿਸਤਾਨKhalistan
2Punjabi-ਇਸਤਾਨ-stan
3Classical Persianـِسْتَان—
4Middle Persian-stʾn'makes nouns of places; of indeterminate function
5Old Persian𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴place
6Proto-Iranianstā́nam—
7Proto-Indo-IranianstʰáHnam—
8Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →Every word from Middle Persian -stʾn' →Every word from Classical Persian ـِسْتَان →