2006-09-29 02:18:17 · 13 answers · asked by mazag29 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Stan is formed from the old Iranian root *sta- "to stand, stay," and means "place where one stays," i.e. homeland or country. Names such as Afghani-stan, Tajiki-stan, Hindu-stan are formed by adding this suffix to the usually pluralized names of the people living in that country, as the Afghani (one Afghan) live in Afghanistan. However, Pakistan was formed from the initial letters of "Punjab," "Afghanistan," and "Kashmir" and the questionably extended suffix -istan. So, now there is an extended suffix floating around that may be added to new countries, the name of whose people is not pluralized by the suffix -i.
2006-09-29 02:21:24 · answer #1 · answered by bagmouss 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Stan is a popular name in that part of the world rather like Smith is in the west. It is derived from the teachings of Islam:-
Strike down the Infidels
Terrorism is good
Allah is the only one to follow
Never listen to the opinions of non-muslims.
2006-09-29 02:37:16 · answer #2 · answered by Christ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
-stan is a suffix used to identify the place of dwelling of the prefix..
Pakistan : the land of the Paks
origin: persian i guess
2006-10-01 08:44:02 · answer #3 · answered by Shariq M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means Muslims like Laurel and Hardy but couldn't figure out how to make Oliver sound right in their countries name. Pakisoliver, you got to be kidding!
2006-09-29 02:29:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
so if they had a king called stan, would his land be stanistan?
2006-09-29 02:26:38 · answer #5 · answered by pewnee 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Land of the people, i.e. Hindustan (land of the Hindu) Afganistan (land of the Afgan) etc..
2006-09-29 02:29:35 · answer #6 · answered by Harryboy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means 'home of' in Persian, and 'place' in Sanskrit.
It seems like the Persian influence is most important, so
Kazakhstan = home of the Kazakhs
2006-09-29 02:23:20 · answer #7 · answered by lauriekins 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nation
2006-09-30 07:26:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make a new plan...STAN
2006-09-29 03:08:58 · answer #9 · answered by keepingthefaith 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
land
2006-09-29 02:31:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋