"-stan" meaning in All languages combined

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Suffix [English]

Etymology: From Classical Persian ـستان (-istān), from Middle Persian -stʾn' (-estān), from Old Persian 𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 (s-t-a-n /⁠stāna⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *stáHnam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stʰáHnam, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”). Compare Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬁𐬥𐬀 (stāna), Sanskrit स्थान (sthā́na), Russian стан (stan) (< Proto-Slavic *stanъ), English stay, stand, state. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*steh₂-}}, {{der|en|fa-cls|ستان|ـستان|tr=-istān}} Classical Persian ـستان (-istān), {{der|en|pal|-stʾn&#x27;|tr=-estān}} Middle Persian -stʾn' (-estān), {{der|en|peo|𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴|ts=stāna}} Old Persian 𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 (s-t-a-n /⁠stāna⁠/), {{der|en|ira-pro|*stáHnam}} Proto-Iranian *stáHnam, {{der|en|iir-pro|*stʰáHnam}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *stʰáHnam, {{der|en|ine-pro|*steh₂-||to stand}} Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”), {{cog|ae|𐬯𐬙𐬁𐬥𐬀}} Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬁𐬥𐬀 (stāna), {{cog|sa|स्थान|tr=sthā́na}} Sanskrit स्थान (sthā́na), {{cog|ru|стан}} Russian стан (stan), {{cog|sla-pro|*stanъ}} Proto-Slavic *stanъ, {{cog|en|stay}} English stay, {{m|en|stand}} stand, {{m|en|state}} state Head templates: {{head|en|suffix}} -stan
  1. Used in the names of regions in the Middle East and Central Asia which were historically influenced by Persian and Turkic cultures. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--stan-en-suffix-QeIW6FB4
  2. (often humorous) Used to form fictitious or metaphoric country names, often with a connotation of it being an exotic or hostile country. Tags: humorous, morpheme, often
    Sense id: en--stan-en-suffix-4KEBAyIG
  3. (derogatory, ethnic slur) Used after European and American place names to emphasize that there are many Middle Easterners or Muslims there. Tags: derogatory, ethnic, morpheme, slur Translations (used in actual place names): ـسْتَان (-stān) (Arabic), -ստան (-stan) (Armenian), স্থান (sthan) (Assamese), -istan (Azerbaijani), -stan (Azerbaijani), -стан (-stan) (Bashkir), -斯坦 (-sītǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), -stán [masculine] (Czech), -istán [masculine] (Czech), -ujo (Esperanto), -io (Esperanto), -stan (Finnish), -stan [neuter] (German), -סטן (-stan) [feminine] (Hebrew), -סתאן (-stan) [feminine] (Hebrew), -סטאן (-stan) [feminine] (Hebrew), -स्तान (-stān) (note: connected with diacritic -i- after consonants) [masculine] (Hindi), स्तान (stān) (Hindi), इस्तान (istān) (Hindi), स्थान (sthān) (Hindi), -стан (-stan) (Kazakh), ស្ថាន (sthaan) (Khmer), -стан (-stan) (Kyrgyz), -stanas [masculine] (Lithuanian), -stʾn' (-estān) (Middle Persian), ـستان (-istan) (Ottoman Turkish), ـستان (alt: -(e)stân) (Persian), -istão (Portuguese), -иста́н (-istán) [masculine] (Russian), -ста́н (-stán) [masculine] (Russian), -istán (Spanish), -stán (Spanish), -stan (Swedish), -истон (-iston) (Tajik), -стон (-ston) (Tajik), -ஸ்தான் (-stāṉ) (Tamil), -стан (-stan) (Tatar), สถาน (sà-tǎan) (Thai), -istan (Turkish), -stan (Turkish), -istan (Turkmen), -stan (Turkmen), -стан (-stan) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ـستان (alt: -(i)stān) [masculine] (Urdu), -iston (Uzbek), -ston (Uzbek)
    Sense id: en--stan-en-suffix-fpQB9cEe Categories (other): English ethnic slurs, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 21 65 Disambiguation of 'used in actual place names': 27 20 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: -istan, -estan

Suffix [Northern Kurdish]

IPA: /ˈstɑːn/ Forms: ـستان [Arabic]
Head templates: {{head|kmr|suffix|Arabic spelling|ـستان|cat2=noun-forming suffixes|f1sc=ku-Arab|g=f}} -stan f (Arabic spelling ـستان)
  1. Alternative form of -istan Tags: alt-of, alternative, feminine, morpheme Alternative form of: -istan
    Sense id: en--stan-kmr-suffix-fYaiPA3J Categories (other): Northern Kurdish entries with incorrect language header

Alternative forms

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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*steh₂-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fa-cls",
        "3": "ستان",
        "4": "ـستان",
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      },
      "expansion": "Classical Persian ـستان (-istān)",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "pal",
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        "tr": "-estān"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian -stʾn' (-estān)",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "peo",
        "3": "𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴",
        "ts": "stāna"
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      "expansion": "Old Persian 𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 (s-t-a-n /⁠stāna⁠/)",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "3": "*stáHnam"
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      "expansion": "Proto-Iranian *stáHnam",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
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        "3": "*steh₂-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to stand"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬯𐬙𐬁𐬥𐬀"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬁𐬥𐬀 (stāna)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "स्थान",
        "tr": "sthā́na"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit स्थान (sthā́na)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "стан"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian стан (stan)",
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      "args": {
        "1": "sla-pro",
        "2": "*stanъ"
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      "expansion": "Proto-Slavic *stanъ",
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "stand"
      },
      "expansion": "stand",
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "state"
      },
      "expansion": "state",
      "name": "m"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Classical Persian ـستان (-istān), from Middle Persian -stʾn' (-estān), from Old Persian 𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 (s-t-a-n /⁠stāna⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *stáHnam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stʰáHnam, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”).\nCompare Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬁𐬥𐬀 (stāna), Sanskrit स्थान (sthā́na), Russian стан (stan) (< Proto-Slavic *stanъ), English stay, stand, state.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "35 40 25",
      "word": "Afghanistan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "35 40 25",
      "word": "Baluchistan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "35 40 25",
      "word": "Balochistan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "35 40 25",
      "word": "Bashkortostan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "35 40 25",
      "word": "Dagestan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "35 40 25",
      "word": "Hindustan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "35 40 25",
      "word": "Karakalpakstan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "35 40 25",
      "word": "Kazakhstan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "35 40 25",
      "word": "Khalistan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "35 40 25",
      "word": "Khuzestan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "35 40 25",
      "word": "Kurdistan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "35 40 25",
      "word": "Kyrgyzstan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "35 40 25",
      "word": "Lorestan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "35 40 25",
      "word": "Pakistan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "35 40 25",
      "word": "Rajasthan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "35 40 25",
      "word": "Tajikistan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "35 40 25",
      "word": "Tatarstan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "35 40 25",
      "word": "Turkestan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "35 40 25",
      "word": "Turkmenistan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "35 40 25",
      "word": "Uzbekistan"
    }
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        "Used in the names of regions in the Middle East and Central Asia which were historically influenced by Persian and Turkic cultures."
      ],
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        [
          "Middle East",
          "Middle East#English"
        ],
        [
          "Central Asia",
          "Central Asia#English"
        ],
        [
          "Persian",
          "Persian#English"
        ],
        [
          "Turkic",
          "Turkic#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "absurd + -i- + -stan → Absurdistan",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "nerd + -i- + -stan → nerdistan",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "Used to form fictitious or metaphoric country names, often with a connotation of it being an exotic or hostile country."
      ],
      "id": "en--stan-en-suffix-4KEBAyIG",
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(often humorous) Used to form fictitious or metaphoric country names, often with a connotation of it being an exotic or hostile country."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "humorous",
        "morpheme",
        "often"
      ]
    },
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        {
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          "name": "English ethnic slurs",
          "parents": [
            "Ethnic slurs",
            "Offensive terms",
            "Terms by usage"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 21 65",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "London + -i- + -stan → Londonistan",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Dearborn + -i- + -stan → Dearbornistan",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Catalan + -i- + -stan → Catalanistan",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Sweden + -i- + -stan → Swedistan",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used after European and American place names to emphasize that there are many Middle Easterners or Muslims there."
      ],
      "id": "en--stan-en-suffix-fpQB9cEe",
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "ethnic",
          "ethnic"
        ],
        [
          "slur",
          "slur"
        ],
        [
          "Middle Easterner",
          "Middle Easterner#English"
        ],
        [
          "Muslim",
          "Muslim#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(derogatory, ethnic slur) Used after European and American place names to emphasize that there are many Middle Easterners or Muslims there."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "ethnic",
        "morpheme",
        "slur"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "27 20 53",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "-stān",
          "sense": "used in actual place names",
          "word": "ـسْتَان"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 20 53",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "-stan",
          "sense": "used in actual place names",
          "word": "-ստան"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 20 53",
          "code": "as",
          "lang": "Assamese",
          "roman": "sthan",
          "sense": "used in actual place names",
          "word": "স্থান"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 20 53",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "used in actual place names",
          "word": "-istan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 20 53",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "used in actual place names",
          "word": "-stan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 20 53",
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "-stan",
          "sense": "used in actual place names",
          "word": "-стан"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 20 53",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "-sītǎn",
          "sense": "used in actual place names",
          "word": "-斯坦"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 20 53",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "used in actual place names",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "-stán"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 20 53",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "used in actual place names",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "-istán"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 20 53",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "used in actual place names",
          "word": "-ujo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 20 53",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "used in actual place names",
          "word": "-io"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 20 53",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "used in actual place names",
          "word": "-stan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 20 53",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "used in actual place names",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "-stan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 20 53",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "-stan",
          "sense": "used in actual place names",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "-סטן"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 20 53",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "-stan",
          "sense": "used in actual place names",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "-סתאן"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 20 53",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "-stan",
          "sense": "used in actual place names",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "-סטאן"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 20 53",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "note": "connected with diacritic -i- after consonants",
          "roman": "-stān",
          "sense": "used in actual place names",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "-स्तान"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 20 53",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "stān",
          "sense": "used in actual place names",
          "word": "स्तान"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 20 53",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "istān",
          "sense": "used in actual place names",
          "word": "इस्तान"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 20 53",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "sthān",
          "sense": "used in actual place names",
          "word": "स्थान"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 20 53",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "-stan",
          "sense": "used in actual place names",
          "word": "-стан"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 20 53",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "sthaan",
          "sense": "used in actual place names",
          "word": "ស្ថាន"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 20 53",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "-stan",
          "sense": "used in actual place names",
          "word": "-стан"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 20 53",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "used in actual place names",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "-stanas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 20 53",
          "code": "pal",
          "lang": "Middle Persian",
          "sense": "used in actual place names",
          "word": "-stʾn' (-estān)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 20 53",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "-istan",
          "sense": "used in actual place names",
          "word": "ـستان"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 20 53",
          "alt": "-(e)stân",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "used in actual place names",
          "word": "ـستان"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 20 53",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "used in actual place names",
          "word": "-istão"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 20 53",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "-istán",
          "sense": "used in actual place names",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "-иста́н"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 20 53",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "-stán",
          "sense": "used in actual place names",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "-ста́н"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 20 53",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "used in actual place names",
          "word": "-istán"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 20 53",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "used in actual place names",
          "word": "-stán"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 20 53",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "used in actual place names",
          "word": "-stan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 20 53",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "-iston",
          "sense": "used in actual place names",
          "word": "-истон"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 20 53",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "-ston",
          "sense": "used in actual place names",
          "word": "-стон"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 20 53",
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "-stāṉ",
          "sense": "used in actual place names",
          "word": "-ஸ்தான்"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 20 53",
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "-stan",
          "sense": "used in actual place names",
          "word": "-стан"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 20 53",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "sà-tǎan",
          "sense": "used in actual place names",
          "word": "สถาน"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 20 53",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "used in actual place names",
          "word": "-istan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 20 53",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "used in actual place names",
          "word": "-stan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 20 53",
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "used in actual place names",
          "word": "-istan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 20 53",
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "used in actual place names",
          "word": "-stan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 20 53",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "-stan",
          "sense": "used in actual place names",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "-стан"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 20 53",
          "alt": "-(i)stān",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "sense": "used in actual place names",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ـستان"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 20 53",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "used in actual place names",
          "word": "-iston"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 20 53",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "used in actual place names",
          "word": "-ston"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "35 40 25",
      "word": "-istan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "35 40 25",
      "word": "-estan"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "-stan"
  ],
  "word": "-stan"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ـستان",
      "tags": [
        "Arabic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kmr",
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        "3": "Arabic spelling",
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        "f1sc": "ku-Arab",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "-stan f (Arabic spelling ـستان)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
  "lang_code": "kmr",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "-istan"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
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        "Alternative form of -istan"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "-istan",
          "-istan#Northern Kurdish"
        ]
      ],
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        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "feminine",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈstɑːn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-stan"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English suffixes",
    "English terms derived from Classical Persian",
    "English terms derived from Middle Persian",
    "English terms derived from Old Persian",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Iranian",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *steh₂-"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*steh₂-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fa-cls",
        "3": "ستان",
        "4": "ـستان",
        "tr": "-istān"
      },
      "expansion": "Classical Persian ـستان (-istān)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "pal",
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        "tr": "-estān"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian -stʾn' (-estān)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "peo",
        "3": "𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴",
        "ts": "stāna"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ira-pro",
        "3": "*stáHnam"
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*stʰáHnam"
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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        "4": "",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬯𐬙𐬁𐬥𐬀"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬁𐬥𐬀 (stāna)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "स्थान",
        "tr": "sthā́na"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit स्थान (sthā́na)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "стан"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian стан (stan)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sla-pro",
        "2": "*stanъ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Slavic *stanъ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "stay"
      },
      "expansion": "English stay",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "stand"
      },
      "expansion": "stand",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "state"
      },
      "expansion": "state",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Classical Persian ـستان (-istān), from Middle Persian -stʾn' (-estān), from Old Persian 𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 (s-t-a-n /⁠stāna⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *stáHnam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stʰáHnam, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”).\nCompare Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬁𐬥𐬀 (stāna), Sanskrit स्थान (sthā́na), Russian стан (stan) (< Proto-Slavic *stanъ), English stay, stand, state.",
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "suffix"
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      "expansion": "-stan",
      "name": "head"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Afghanistan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Baluchistan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Balochistan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bashkortostan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Dagestan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Hindustan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Karakalpakstan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kazakhstan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Khalistan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Khuzestan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kurdistan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kyrgyzstan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Lorestan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Pakistan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Rajasthan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Tajikistan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Tatarstan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Turkestan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Turkmenistan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Uzbekistan"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used in the names of regions in the Middle East and Central Asia which were historically influenced by Persian and Turkic cultures."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Middle East",
          "Middle East#English"
        ],
        [
          "Central Asia",
          "Central Asia#English"
        ],
        [
          "Persian",
          "Persian#English"
        ],
        [
          "Turkic",
          "Turkic#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English humorous terms"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "absurd + -i- + -stan → Absurdistan",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "nerd + -i- + -stan → nerdistan",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form fictitious or metaphoric country names, often with a connotation of it being an exotic or hostile country."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(often humorous) Used to form fictitious or metaphoric country names, often with a connotation of it being an exotic or hostile country."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "humorous",
        "morpheme",
        "often"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English derogatory terms",
        "English ethnic slurs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "London + -i- + -stan → Londonistan",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Dearborn + -i- + -stan → Dearbornistan",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Catalan + -i- + -stan → Catalanistan",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Sweden + -i- + -stan → Swedistan",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used after European and American place names to emphasize that there are many Middle Easterners or Muslims there."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "ethnic",
          "ethnic"
        ],
        [
          "slur",
          "slur"
        ],
        [
          "Middle Easterner",
          "Middle Easterner#English"
        ],
        [
          "Muslim",
          "Muslim#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(derogatory, ethnic slur) Used after European and American place names to emphasize that there are many Middle Easterners or Muslims there."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "ethnic",
        "morpheme",
        "slur"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "-istan"
    },
    {
      "word": "-estan"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "-stān",
      "sense": "used in actual place names",
      "word": "ـسْتَان"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "-stan",
      "sense": "used in actual place names",
      "word": "-ստան"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "sthan",
      "sense": "used in actual place names",
      "word": "স্থান"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "used in actual place names",
      "word": "-istan"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "used in actual place names",
      "word": "-stan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "-stan",
      "sense": "used in actual place names",
      "word": "-стан"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "-sītǎn",
      "sense": "used in actual place names",
      "word": "-斯坦"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "used in actual place names",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-stán"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "used in actual place names",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-istán"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "used in actual place names",
      "word": "-ujo"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "used in actual place names",
      "word": "-io"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "used in actual place names",
      "word": "-stan"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "used in actual place names",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "-stan"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "-stan",
      "sense": "used in actual place names",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-סטן"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "-stan",
      "sense": "used in actual place names",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-סתאן"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "-stan",
      "sense": "used in actual place names",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-סטאן"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "note": "connected with diacritic -i- after consonants",
      "roman": "-stān",
      "sense": "used in actual place names",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-स्तान"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "stān",
      "sense": "used in actual place names",
      "word": "स्तान"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "istān",
      "sense": "used in actual place names",
      "word": "इस्तान"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "sthān",
      "sense": "used in actual place names",
      "word": "स्थान"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "-stan",
      "sense": "used in actual place names",
      "word": "-стан"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "sthaan",
      "sense": "used in actual place names",
      "word": "ស្ថាន"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "-stan",
      "sense": "used in actual place names",
      "word": "-стан"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "used in actual place names",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-stanas"
    },
    {
      "code": "pal",
      "lang": "Middle Persian",
      "sense": "used in actual place names",
      "word": "-stʾn' (-estān)"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "-istan",
      "sense": "used in actual place names",
      "word": "ـستان"
    },
    {
      "alt": "-(e)stân",
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "used in actual place names",
      "word": "ـستان"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "used in actual place names",
      "word": "-istão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "-istán",
      "sense": "used in actual place names",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-иста́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "-stán",
      "sense": "used in actual place names",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ста́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "used in actual place names",
      "word": "-istán"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "used in actual place names",
      "word": "-stán"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "used in actual place names",
      "word": "-stan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "-iston",
      "sense": "used in actual place names",
      "word": "-истон"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "-ston",
      "sense": "used in actual place names",
      "word": "-стон"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "-stāṉ",
      "sense": "used in actual place names",
      "word": "-ஸ்தான்"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "-stan",
      "sense": "used in actual place names",
      "word": "-стан"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sà-tǎan",
      "sense": "used in actual place names",
      "word": "สถาน"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "used in actual place names",
      "word": "-istan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "used in actual place names",
      "word": "-stan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "used in actual place names",
      "word": "-istan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "used in actual place names",
      "word": "-stan"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "-stan",
      "sense": "used in actual place names",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-стан"
    },
    {
      "alt": "-(i)stān",
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "sense": "used in actual place names",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ـستان"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "used in actual place names",
      "word": "-iston"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "used in actual place names",
      "word": "-ston"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "-stan"
  ],
  "word": "-stan"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ـستان",
      "tags": [
        "Arabic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kmr",
        "2": "suffix",
        "3": "Arabic spelling",
        "4": "ـستان",
        "cat2": "noun-forming suffixes",
        "f1sc": "ku-Arab",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "-stan f (Arabic spelling ـستان)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
  "lang_code": "kmr",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "-istan"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Northern Kurdish 1-syllable words",
        "Northern Kurdish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Northern Kurdish feminine suffixes",
        "Northern Kurdish lemmas",
        "Northern Kurdish noun-forming suffixes",
        "Northern Kurdish suffixes",
        "Northern Kurdish terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of -istan"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-istan",
          "-istan#Northern Kurdish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "feminine",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈstɑːn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-stan"
}

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