Where does “قبرستان” come from?

قبرستان (Persian) comes from Persian ـستان, from Middle Persian -stʾn', from Proto-Indo-Iranian stáHnam, from Proto-Indo-European stéh₂-no-m, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.

قبرستان (Persian): cemetery; graveyard

Definitions

  1. cemetery; graveyard

Ancestry of “قبرستان”, step by step

قبرستان traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian ـستان

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianـستان-istan, -estan, -stan
2Middle Persian-stʾn'makes nouns of places; of indeterminate function
3Proto-Indo-IranianstáHnamthe act of standing; position, location, place
4Proto-Indo-Europeanstéh₂-no-m—
5Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂-to stand

via Persian قبر

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianقبرgrave, tomb
2Arabicقَبْرgrave, tomb

Words derived from “قبرستان”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European stéh₂-no-m →Every word from Middle Persian -stʾn' →