Where does “дастан” come from?

дастан (Kazakh) comes from Persian داستان — story.

дастан (Kazakh): epic, epopee, saga

Definitions

  1. epic, epopee, saga

Ancestry of “дастан”, step by step

дастан traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian داستان

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianداستانstory

via Classical Persian داستان

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianداستان
Every word from Persian داستان