Jûjî

-istan

/ɪsˈtɑːn/

suffixfeminine
  1. Used to form feminine nouns of regions and countries

    kmr
    Paşgirek e dikeve gel hin peyvan û maneya niştiman didiyê:
  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”

Etymology

proto-hindûewropî: *steh- ("sekinîn, sekinandin") > *steh-no (cih, der, dever, şûn, -geh, -istan, war)

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