Definitions
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- suffix
home of;place where onestays ; used especially in place names
Etymologies
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Persian ستان (stān) and Sanskrit स्थान (sthā́na), both deriving from common Indo-Iranian verbal stem √sthā ("to stand, stay"), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”), whence also English verbs stay and stand.
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Examples
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“You need your proof of education and your signed contract,” she responded, not looking at me but leafing through my passport in search of stamps from Afghanistan or Pakistan, or some other “-stan.”
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And while we’re at it, the Persian suffix -stan in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and de facto Kurdistan means “country,” from the Indo-Iranian stanam, “place” or “where one stands.”
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And while we’re at it, the Persian suffix -stan in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and de facto Kurdistan means “country,” from the Indo-Iranian stanam, “place” or “where one stands.”
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