-ਇਸਤਾਨ

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ـِسْتَان (-istān), from Middle Persian -stʾn' (-estān), from Old Persian 𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 (s-t-a-n /⁠stāna⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *stā́nam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stʰáHnam, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”).

Suffix

-ਇਸਤਾਨ • (-istān) (Shahmukhi ـستان)

1. -stan

Derived terms

Punjabi terms suffixed with -ਇਸਤਾਨ

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