-stan/-stan/ (say -stahn), /-stæn/ (say -stan)

a suffix used in nouns forming the names of several countries in central and southern Asia.

[from Persian, Urdu stān place, land]

-stan, comb. form Freq. humorous.Brit. |stæn|, |stɑːn|, U.S. |stæn|[‹ -stan (in the names of various (especially Central Asian) countries, as e.g. Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, etc.: see stan n.). Compare -istan comb. form and earlier stan n.In Whitestan in quot. 1960 immediately after Bantustan n.]Used as the second element in fictitious place names with the sense ‘the notional realm or domain dominated by or centred around——’, ‘a world typified or characterized by——’.Sometimes implying resemblance to (aspects of) Asian or Islamic culture.1960E. G. Malherbe in H. Spottiswoode S. Afr. 145 However much we may cut it up into ‘Bantustans’ and ‘Whitestans’, South Africa will have to remain an interlinked economic and political unity.1970Post 6 Dec. 20 They want their own Homostan where they can do what they like.1993R. Hughes Culture of Complaint ii. 101 What poses as ‘radical multiculturalism’ exists in an ignorance of other cultures as profound as that of a West Coast car-salesman newly appointed as the U.S. Ambassador to Somewherestan in the 60s.2003Observer 16 Nov. i. 29/4, I want Bush to stop tolerating the nastystans of Central Asia.

-stan

place-name element in Afghanistan, Pakistan, etc., from Persian -stan "country," from Indo-Iranian *stanam "place," literally "where one stands," from PIE *sta-no-, suffixed form of root *sta- "to stand" (see stet).

-stan

Suffix

home of; place where one stays; used especially in place names

Etymology

From Persian ـستان (-estān), from Middle Persian -stʾn' (-estān), from Old Persian 𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 (stāna-), from Proto-Iranian *stāna-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sthāna, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”).

Compare Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬁𐬥𐬀 (stāna-), Sanskrit स्थान (sthā́na), Russian стан (stan) (< Proto-Slavic *stanъ), English stay, stand, state.

Usage notes

Corresponding demonym usually formed by suffixing -i, yielding -stani. When the root is an ethnicity, the -stani form refers to the nationality, not ethnicity. Compare Tajik (“member of Tajik ethnic group”) and Tajikistani (“inhabitant of nation of Tajikistan”).

Derived terms

English words suffixed with -stan

Related terms

Afghanistan

Baluchistan, Balochistan

Bashkortostan

Dagestan

Hindustan

Kazakhstan

Khalistan

Kurdistan

Kyrgyzstan

Pakistan

Tajikistan

Tatarstan

Turkestan

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

词汇	-stan
词根词缀	Macquarie OED Online Etymology Dictionary Wiktionary -stan/-stan/ (say -stahn), /-stæn/ (say -stan) a suffix used in nouns forming the names of several countries in central and southern Asia. [from Persian, Urdu stān place, land] -stan, comb. form Freq. humorous.Brit. \|stæn\|, \|stɑːn\|, U.S. \|stæn\|[‹ -stan (in the names of various (especially Central Asian) countries, as e.g. Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, etc.: see stan n.). Compare -istan comb. form and earlier stan n.In Whitestan in quot. 1960 immediately after Bantustan n.]Used as the second element in fictitious place names with the sense ‘the notional realm or domain dominated by or centred around——’, ‘a world typified or characterized by——’.Sometimes implying resemblance to (aspects of) Asian or Islamic culture.1960E. G. Malherbe in H. Spottiswoode S. Afr. 145 However much we may cut it up into ‘Bantustans’ and ‘Whitestans’, South Africa will have to remain an interlinked economic and political unity.1970Post 6 Dec. 20 They want their own Homostan where they can do what they like.1993R. Hughes Culture of Complaint ii. 101 What poses as ‘radical multiculturalism’ exists in an ignorance of other cultures as profound as that of a West Coast car-salesman newly appointed as the U.S. Ambassador to Somewherestan in the 60s.2003Observer 16 Nov. i. 29/4, I want Bush to stop tolerating the nastystans of Central Asia. -stan place-name element in Afghanistan, Pakistan, etc., from Persian -stan "country," from Indo-Iranian stanam "place," literally "where one stands," from PIE sta-no-, suffixed form of root sta- "to stand" (see stet). -stan Suffix home of; place where one stays; used especially in place names Etymology From Persian ـستان* (-estān), from Middle Persian -stʾn' (-estān), from Old Persian 𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 (stāna-), from Proto-Iranian stāna-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian sthāna, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- (“to stand”). Compare Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬁𐬥𐬀* (stāna-), Sanskrit स्थान (sthā́na), Russian стан (stan) (< Proto-Slavic stanъ), English stay, stand, state. Usage notes Corresponding demonym usually formed by suffixing -i, yielding -stani. When the root is an ethnicity, the -stani* form refers to the nationality, not ethnicity. Compare Tajik (“member of Tajik ethnic group”) and Tajikistani (“inhabitant of nation of Tajikistan”). Derived terms ► English words suffixed with -stan Related terms Afghanistan Baluchistan, Balochistan Bashkortostan Dagestan Hindustan Kazakhstan Khalistan Kurdistan Kyrgyzstan Pakistan Tajikistan Tatarstan Turkestan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
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