"-stʾn'" meaning in All languages combined

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Suffix [Middle Persian]

Forms: -estān [alternative]
Etymology: From Old Persian 𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 (s-t-a-n /⁠stāna⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *stā́nam (compare Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬁𐬥𐬀 (stāna)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stáHnam (compare Sanskrit स्थान (sthā́na)), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”). Compare Old Armenian -ստան (-stan), an Iranian borrowing. Etymology templates: {{inh|pal|peo|𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴|ts=stāna}} Old Persian 𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 (s-t-a-n /⁠stāna⁠/), {{inh|pal|ira-pro|*stā́nam}} Proto-Iranian *stā́nam, {{cog|ae|𐬯𐬙𐬁𐬥𐬀}} Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬁𐬥𐬀 (stāna), {{inh|pal|iir-pro|*stáHnam}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *stáHnam, {{cog|sa|स्थान|tr=sthā́na}} Sanskrit स्थान (sthā́na), {{der|pal|ine-pro|*steh₂-|t=to stand}} Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”), {{cog|xcl|-ստան}} Old Armenian -ստան (-stan) Head templates: {{head|pal|suffix|sc=Phlv|tr=-estān}} -stʾn' • (-estān)
  1. makes nouns of places Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--stʾn'-pal-suffix-~NYtz-zR Categories (other): Middle Persian entries with incorrect language header, Middle Persian terms with non-redundant manual script codes, Middle Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Middle Persian entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Middle Persian terms with non-redundant manual script codes: 49 51 Disambiguation of Middle Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 48 52
  2. of indeterminate function Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--stʾn'-pal-suffix-ZiSB2aqL Categories (other): Middle Persian entries with incorrect language header, Middle Persian terms with non-redundant manual script codes, Middle Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Middle Persian entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Middle Persian terms with non-redundant manual script codes: 49 51 Disambiguation of Middle Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: -𐭮𐭲𐭭 — Inscriptional Pahlavi (alt: -stn /⁠-estān⁠/), -ystʾʾn (-estān) [Manichaean]
Derived forms: bwdstʾn' (bōyestān), bʾlstʾn' (bārestān), cynstʾn' (Čīnestān), dhmkstʾn' (daxmagestān), dpyrstʾn' (dibīrestān), dʾtstʾn' (dādestān), gwstʾn' (gōstān), hmdʾtstʾn' (ham-dādestān), hndwstʾn' (Hindūstān), hwcstʾn' (Hūzestān), 𐭧𐭥𐭰𐭮𐭲𐭭 (Hūzestān), hylptstʾn' (hērbedestān), KNYAstʾn' (nayestān), MDYNA (alt: šahrestān), plʾhngstʾn' (frahangestān), skstʾn' (Sagestān), swkwstʾn' (Sōgestān), tplstʾn' (Tabarestān), twlkstʾn' (Turkestān), tʾp̄stʾn' (tābestān), špstʾn' (šabestān), ʾswlstʾn' (Asōrestān), 𐭠𐭮𐭥𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭭 (Asōrestān), ẕmstʾn' (zamestān)

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bōyestān",
      "word": "bwdstʾn'"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bārestān",
      "word": "bʾlstʾn'"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Čīnestān",
      "word": "cynstʾn'"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "daxmagestān",
      "word": "dhmkstʾn'"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "dibīrestān",
      "word": "dpyrstʾn'"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "dādestān",
      "word": "dʾtstʾn'"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "gōstān",
      "word": "gwstʾn'"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ham-dādestān",
      "word": "hmdʾtstʾn'"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Hindūstān",
      "word": "hndwstʾn'"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Hūzestān",
      "word": "hwcstʾn'"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Hūzestān",
      "word": "𐭧𐭥𐭰𐭮𐭲𐭭"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "hērbedestān",
      "word": "hylptstʾn'"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "nayestān",
      "word": "KNYAstʾn'"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "šahrestān",
      "word": "MDYNA"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "frahangestān",
      "word": "plʾhngstʾn'"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Sagestān",
      "word": "skstʾn'"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Sōgestān",
      "word": "swkwstʾn'"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Tabarestān",
      "word": "tplstʾn'"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Turkestān",
      "word": "twlkstʾn'"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "tābestān",
      "word": "tʾp̄stʾn'"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "šabestān",
      "word": "špstʾn'"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Asōrestān",
      "word": "ʾswlstʾn'"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Asōrestān",
      "word": "𐭠𐭮𐭥𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭭"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "zamestān",
      "word": "ẕmstʾn'"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa",
            "2": "ـستان",
            "tr": "-estân"
          },
          "expansion": "Persian: ـستان (-estân)\n→ Armenian: -ստան (-stan)\n→ Assamese: -স্তান (-stan)\n→ Azerbaijani: -istan\n→ Bashkir: -стан (-stan)\n→ Bengali: -স্তান (-stan)\n→ Chagatai: ـستان\nUyghur: ـىستان (-istan)\nUzbek: -iston\n→ English: -stan\n→ Georgian: -სტანი (-sṭani)\n→ Gujarati: -સ્તાન (-stān)\n→ Hindi: -स्तान (-stān)\n→ Kazakh: -стан (-stan)\n→ Kyrgyz: -стан (-stan)\n→ Malayalam: -സ്ഥാന് (-sthānŭ)\n→ Ottoman Turkish: ـستان (-istan)\nTurkish: -istan\n→ Punjabi: -ਸਤਾਨ (-satān)\n→ Tamil: -ஸ்தான் (-stāṉ)\n→ Tatar: -стан (-stan)\n→ Urdu: سِتان (sítan, -stan)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Persian: ـستان (-estân)\n→ Armenian: -ստան (-stan)\n→ Assamese: -স্তান (-stan)\n→ Azerbaijani: -istan\n→ Bashkir: -стан (-stan)\n→ Bengali: -স্তান (-stan)\n→ Chagatai: ـستان\nUyghur: ـىستان (-istan)\nUzbek: -iston\n→ English: -stan\n→ Georgian: -სტანი (-sṭani)\n→ Gujarati: -સ્તાન (-stān)\n→ Hindi: -स्तान (-stān)\n→ Kazakh: -стан (-stan)\n→ Kyrgyz: -стан (-stan)\n→ Malayalam: -സ്ഥാന് (-sthānŭ)\n→ Ottoman Turkish: ـستان (-istan)\nTurkish: -istan\n→ Punjabi: -ਸਤਾਨ (-satān)\n→ Tamil: -ஸ்தான் (-stāṉ)\n→ Tatar: -стан (-stan)\n→ Urdu: سِتان (sítan, -stan)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pal",
        "2": "peo",
        "3": "𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴",
        "ts": "stāna"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Persian 𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 (s-t-a-n /⁠stāna⁠/)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pal",
        "2": "ira-pro",
        "3": "*stā́nam"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Iranian *stā́nam",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬯𐬙𐬁𐬥𐬀"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬁𐬥𐬀 (stāna)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pal",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*stáHnam"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *stáHnam",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "स्थान",
        "tr": "sthā́na"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit स्थान (sthā́na)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pal",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*steh₂-",
        "t": "to stand"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "-ստան"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Armenian -ստան (-stan)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Persian 𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 (s-t-a-n /⁠stāna⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *stā́nam (compare Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬁𐬥𐬀 (stāna)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stáHnam (compare Sanskrit स्थान (sthā́na)), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”). Compare Old Armenian -ստան (-stan), an Iranian borrowing.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-estān",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pal",
        "2": "suffix",
        "sc": "Phlv",
        "tr": "-estān"
      },
      "expansion": "-stʾn' • (-estān)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle Persian",
  "lang_code": "pal",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Persian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Persian terms with non-redundant manual script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "ʾswlstʾn' ― Asōrestān ― Assyria, Persian Mesopotamia",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "hndwstʾn' ― Hindūstān ― India",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "cynstʾn' ― Čīnestān ― China",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "cemetery",
          "roman": "daxmagestān",
          "text": "dhmkstʾn'",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "school",
          "roman": "dibīrestān",
          "text": "dpyrstʾn'",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "makes nouns of places"
      ],
      "id": "en--stʾn'-pal-suffix-~NYtz-zR",
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Persian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Persian terms with non-redundant manual script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "winter",
          "roman": "Zamestān",
          "text": "ẕmstʾn'",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "dʾtstʾn' ― dādestān ― law",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "patient, resigned",
          "roman": "bārestān",
          "text": "bʾlstʾn'",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "of indeterminate function"
      ],
      "id": "en--stʾn'-pal-suffix-ZiSB2aqL",
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "-stn /⁠-estān⁠/",
      "word": "-𐭮𐭲𐭭 — Inscriptional Pahlavi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "-estān",
      "tags": [
        "Manichaean"
      ],
      "word": "-ystʾʾn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-stʾn'"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Middle Persian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle Persian lemmas",
    "Middle Persian suffixes",
    "Middle Persian terms derived from Old Persian",
    "Middle Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Middle Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "Middle Persian terms derived from Proto-Iranian",
    "Middle Persian terms inherited from Old Persian",
    "Middle Persian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "Middle Persian terms inherited from Proto-Iranian",
    "Middle Persian terms with non-redundant manual script codes",
    "Middle Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "bōyestān",
      "word": "bwdstʾn'"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bārestān",
      "word": "bʾlstʾn'"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Čīnestān",
      "word": "cynstʾn'"
    },
    {
      "roman": "daxmagestān",
      "word": "dhmkstʾn'"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dibīrestān",
      "word": "dpyrstʾn'"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dādestān",
      "word": "dʾtstʾn'"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gōstān",
      "word": "gwstʾn'"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ham-dādestān",
      "word": "hmdʾtstʾn'"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Hindūstān",
      "word": "hndwstʾn'"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Hūzestān",
      "word": "hwcstʾn'"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Hūzestān",
      "word": "𐭧𐭥𐭰𐭮𐭲𐭭"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hērbedestān",
      "word": "hylptstʾn'"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nayestān",
      "word": "KNYAstʾn'"
    },
    {
      "alt": "šahrestān",
      "word": "MDYNA"
    },
    {
      "roman": "frahangestān",
      "word": "plʾhngstʾn'"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Sagestān",
      "word": "skstʾn'"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Sōgestān",
      "word": "swkwstʾn'"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Tabarestān",
      "word": "tplstʾn'"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Turkestān",
      "word": "twlkstʾn'"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tābestān",
      "word": "tʾp̄stʾn'"
    },
    {
      "roman": "šabestān",
      "word": "špstʾn'"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Asōrestān",
      "word": "ʾswlstʾn'"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Asōrestān",
      "word": "𐭠𐭮𐭥𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭭"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zamestān",
      "word": "ẕmstʾn'"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa",
            "2": "ـستان",
            "tr": "-estân"
          },
          "expansion": "Persian: ـستان (-estân)\n→ Armenian: -ստան (-stan)\n→ Assamese: -স্তান (-stan)\n→ Azerbaijani: -istan\n→ Bashkir: -стан (-stan)\n→ Bengali: -স্তান (-stan)\n→ Chagatai: ـستان\nUyghur: ـىستان (-istan)\nUzbek: -iston\n→ English: -stan\n→ Georgian: -სტანი (-sṭani)\n→ Gujarati: -સ્તાન (-stān)\n→ Hindi: -स्तान (-stān)\n→ Kazakh: -стан (-stan)\n→ Kyrgyz: -стан (-stan)\n→ Malayalam: -സ്ഥാന് (-sthānŭ)\n→ Ottoman Turkish: ـستان (-istan)\nTurkish: -istan\n→ Punjabi: -ਸਤਾਨ (-satān)\n→ Tamil: -ஸ்தான் (-stāṉ)\n→ Tatar: -стан (-stan)\n→ Urdu: سِتان (sítan, -stan)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Persian: ـستان (-estân)\n→ Armenian: -ստան (-stan)\n→ Assamese: -স্তান (-stan)\n→ Azerbaijani: -istan\n→ Bashkir: -стан (-stan)\n→ Bengali: -স্তান (-stan)\n→ Chagatai: ـستان\nUyghur: ـىستان (-istan)\nUzbek: -iston\n→ English: -stan\n→ Georgian: -სტანი (-sṭani)\n→ Gujarati: -સ્તાન (-stān)\n→ Hindi: -स्तान (-stān)\n→ Kazakh: -стан (-stan)\n→ Kyrgyz: -стан (-stan)\n→ Malayalam: -സ്ഥാന് (-sthānŭ)\n→ Ottoman Turkish: ـستان (-istan)\nTurkish: -istan\n→ Punjabi: -ਸਤਾਨ (-satān)\n→ Tamil: -ஸ்தான் (-stāṉ)\n→ Tatar: -стан (-stan)\n→ Urdu: سِتان (sítan, -stan)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pal",
        "2": "peo",
        "3": "𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴",
        "ts": "stāna"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Persian 𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 (s-t-a-n /⁠stāna⁠/)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pal",
        "2": "ira-pro",
        "3": "*stā́nam"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Iranian *stā́nam",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬯𐬙𐬁𐬥𐬀"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬁𐬥𐬀 (stāna)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pal",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*stáHnam"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *stáHnam",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "स्थान",
        "tr": "sthā́na"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit स्थान (sthā́na)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pal",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*steh₂-",
        "t": "to stand"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "-ստան"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Armenian -ստան (-stan)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Persian 𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 (s-t-a-n /⁠stāna⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *stā́nam (compare Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬁𐬥𐬀 (stāna)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stáHnam (compare Sanskrit स्थान (sthā́na)), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”). Compare Old Armenian -ստան (-stan), an Iranian borrowing.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-estān",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pal",
        "2": "suffix",
        "sc": "Phlv",
        "tr": "-estān"
      },
      "expansion": "-stʾn' • (-estān)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle Persian",
  "lang_code": "pal",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle Persian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "ʾswlstʾn' ― Asōrestān ― Assyria, Persian Mesopotamia",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "hndwstʾn' ― Hindūstān ― India",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "cynstʾn' ― Čīnestān ― China",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "cemetery",
          "roman": "daxmagestān",
          "text": "dhmkstʾn'",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "school",
          "roman": "dibīrestān",
          "text": "dpyrstʾn'",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "makes nouns of places"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle Persian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "winter",
          "roman": "Zamestān",
          "text": "ẕmstʾn'",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "dʾtstʾn' ― dādestān ― law",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "patient, resigned",
          "roman": "bārestān",
          "text": "bʾlstʾn'",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "of indeterminate function"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "alt": "-stn /⁠-estān⁠/",
      "word": "-𐭮𐭲𐭭 — Inscriptional Pahlavi"
    },
    {
      "roman": "-estān",
      "tags": [
        "Manichaean"
      ],
      "word": "-ystʾʾn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-stʾn'"
}

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