-ստան
Armenian
Alternative forms
- -աստան (-astan)
Etymology
From Old Armenian -ստան (-stan).
Pronunciation
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [-stɑn]
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [-stɑn]
Suffix
-ստան • (-stan)
- Forming nouns with the meaning of place, especially country names.
Derived terms
Armenian terms suffixed with -ստան
Armenian terms suffixed with -աստան
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- -աստան (-astan)
Etymology
From Iranian *stān(a)-. Compare Middle Persian -stʾn'.
Suffix
-ստան • (-stan)
Declension
i-a-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | -ստան (-stan) | -ստանք (-stankʻ) | |
| genitive | -ստանի (-stani) | -ստանաց (-stanacʻ) | |
| dative | -ստանի (-stani) | -ստանաց (-stanacʻ) | |
| accusative | -ստան (-stan) | -ստանս (-stans) | |
| ablative | -ստանէ (-stanē) | -ստանաց (-stanacʻ) | |
| instrumental | -ստանաւ (-stanaw) | -ստանաւք = -ստանօք (-stanawkʻ = -stanōkʻ) | |
| locative | -ստանի (-stani) | -ստանս (-stans) |
Derived terms
Old Armenian terms suffixed with -աստան
Related terms
- խոնաստան (xonastan)
Descendants
- Armenian: -ստան (-stan)
References
- Gočanean, Pōġos (2011) Dasakan grabari gorcnakan kʻerakanutʻiwn [Practical Grammar of Classical Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Vienna and Yerevan: Mekhitarist Press, page 65
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-(ա)ստան”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʻneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʻ lezvi hamematakan kʻerakanutʻyan harcʻer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʻi, pages 5–48
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