Where does “ਖ਼ਾਲਿਸਤਾਨ” come from?
ਖ਼ਾਲਿਸਤਾਨ (Punjabi) comes 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-.
ਖ਼ਾਲਿਸਤਾਨ (Punjabi): Khalistan
Ancestry of “ਖ਼ਾਲਿਸਤਾਨ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Punjabi | -ਇਸਤਾਨ | -stan |
| 2 | Classical Persian | ـِسْتَان | — |
| 3 | Middle Persian | -stʾn' | makes nouns of places; of indeterminate function |
| 4 | Old Persian | 𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 | place |
| 5 | Proto-Iranian | stā́nam | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | stʰáHnam | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |
Words derived from “ਖ਼ਾਲਿਸਤਾਨ”