-istão

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ـستان‎, from Middle Persian -stʾn', from Old Persian 𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 (s-t-a-n /stāna-/), from Proto-Iranian *stāna-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sthāna, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”).

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.ˈtɐ̃w̃/

Suffix

-istão

  1. -stan (forms place names associated with Central and Southern Asia)
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