"-istan" meaning in All languages combined

See -istan on Wiktionary

Suffix [Azerbaijani]

Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], -ıstan [back-vowel-harmony, unrounded-harmony], -istan [front-vowel-harmony, unrounded-harmony], -ustan [back-vowel-harmony, rounded-harmony], -üstan [front-vowel-harmony, rounded-harmony]
Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Persian ـِسْتَان (-istān). Etymology templates: {{bor+|az|fa-cls|ـِسْتَان}} Borrowed from Classical Persian ـِسْتَان (-istān) Head templates: {{head|az|suffix}} -istan
  1. -stan Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--istan-az-suffix-3NwmTjQA Categories (other): Azerbaijani entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries

Suffix [Northern Kurdish]

IPA: /ɪsˈtɑːn/ Forms: ـستان [Arabic]
Etymology: Compare Persian ـِستَان (-estân), from Proto-Iranian *stáHnam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stáHnam (“act of standing; place”), from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂nom, derived from the root *steh₂- (“to stand”). Etymology templates: {{root|kmr|ine-pro|*steh₂-}}, {{cog|fa|ـِستَان|tr=-estân}} Persian ـِستَان (-estân), {{der|kmr|ira-pro|*stáHnam}} Proto-Iranian *stáHnam, {{der|kmr|iir-pro|*stáHnam||act of standing; place}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *stáHnam (“act of standing; place”), {{der|kmr|ine-pro|*stéh₂nom}} Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂nom Head templates: {{head|kmr|suffix|Arabic spelling|ـستان|cat2=noun-forming suffixes|f1sc=ku-Arab|g=f}} -istan f (Arabic spelling ـستان)
  1. Used to form feminine nouns of regions and countries Tags: feminine, morpheme
    Sense id: en--istan-kmr-suffix-T9v1S5rh
  2. Used to form feminine collective nouns, meaning “a place in which to find a great quantity of the object expressed by the root noun” Tags: feminine, morpheme
    Sense id: en--istan-kmr-suffix-JzxOzvaz Categories (other): Northern Kurdish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Northern Kurdish entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 24 62 6 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 68 4 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: -stan

Suffix [Turkish]

Etymology: Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ـستان (-istan), from Classical Persian ـِسْتَان (-istān). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|tr|ota|ـستان|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=-istan|ts=}} Ottoman Turkish ـستان (-istan), {{inh+|tr|ota|ـستان|tr=-istan}} Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ـستان (-istan), {{der|tr|fa-cls|ـِسْتَان}} Classical Persian ـِسْتَان (-istān) Head templates: {{head|tr|suffix||-{{{var}}}|head=}} -istan, {{tr-suffix}} -istan
  1. -stan Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--istan-tr-suffix-3NwmTjQA
  2. (dialectal) a diminutive suffix Tags: dialectal, morpheme Synonyms: -cık
    Sense id: en--istan-tr-suffix-cAeJcjSP Categories (other): Turkish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Turkish entries with incorrect language header: 25 75

Suffix [Turkmen]

Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Persian ـِسْتَان (-istān). Etymology templates: {{bor+|tk|fa-cls|ـِسْتَان}} Borrowed from Classical Persian ـِسْتَان (-istān) Head templates: {{head|tk|suffix}} -istan
  1. -stan Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--istan-tk-suffix-3NwmTjQA Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Turkmen entries with incorrect language header

Alternative forms

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          "diminutive",
          "diminutive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialectal) a diminutive suffix"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "-cık"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-istan"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tk",
        "2": "fa-cls",
        "3": "ـِسْتَان"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Classical Persian ـِسْتَان (-istān)",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Classical Persian ـِسْتَان (-istān).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tk",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-istan",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Turkmen",
  "lang_code": "tk",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Turkmen entries with incorrect language header",
        "Turkmen lemmas",
        "Turkmen suffixes",
        "Turkmen terms borrowed from Classical Persian",
        "Turkmen terms derived from Classical Persian"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "-stan"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-stan",
          "-stan"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-istan"
}

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