-stan

-Stan or -sthan is a suffix that is Sanskrit for "place" and Persian (Farsi) for "home of."

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Suffix - Sanskrit - Persian

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It appears in the names of many countries and regions, especially in central Asia and the Indian subcontinent.

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Central Asia - Indian subcontinent

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The word is derived from a Persian suffix which came from an Indo-Iranian root expressing "place" or "where one stands." This, in turn, was derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sta, "to stand" (which is the source of the English word "stand").

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Indo-Iranian - Root - Proto-Indo-European - English

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