What is the meaning of "stan" in the context of a countries name? e.g. Paki"stan", Kasa"stan",

Answer 1

Many central and south Asian states and regions end with the element –stan, such as Afghanistan, Pakistan, Baluchistan, Kurdistan, and Turkistan. This –stan is formed from the Iranian root *stā–, “to stand, stay,” and means “place (where one stays), home, country.” Iranian peoples have been the principal inhabitants of the geographical region occupied by these states for over a thousand years. The names are compounds of –stan and the name of the people living there. Pakistan is a bit of an exception; its name was coined in 1933 using the suffix –istan from Baluchistan preceded by the initial letters of Punjab, Afghanistan, and Kashmir. • Interestingly, a word almost identical in form, etymology, and meaning to the Iranian suffix –stan is found in Polish, which has a word stan meaning “state” (in the senses of both polity and condition). It can be found in the Polish name for the “United States of America,” Stany Zjednoczone Ameryki (literally “States United of America”).-

Answer 2

Land

Answer 3

The stan means land or state. Its tacked on to the end of either the name of an ethnic group or a people to signify their homeland .

Answer 4

-land, country, nation
"As a generally accepted explanation, the suffix "stan" is an ancient Persian and/or Farsi word meaning country, nation, land, or place of, so, the country name of Afghanistan would then mean "homeland" of the Afghans, or place of the Afghans."

And I believe you mean "Kazakhstan."

Answer 5

it means land or country,etymologically arabic or farsi,you can even find it in Polish

Stany Zjednoczone Ameryki i.e United States of Amercica

Answer 6

I think that it means, "the land of".

Answer 7

could it be land? or something like that