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  2. -stan - Wikipedia

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    stan (Persian: ستان stân, [n 1] estân or istân [n 2]) has the meaning of "a place abounding in" [1] or "a place where anything abounds" as a suffix. [2] It is widely used by Iranian languages as well as the common Turkish languages (excluding Siberian Turkic ) and other languages.

  3. List of geographic names of Iranian origin - Wikipedia

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    The name is derived from the Persian word for "Monday" (du two + shamba or shanbe day, lit. "day two") and refers to the fact that it was a popular Monday marketplace. Garm The name is derived from the Gharmi people, and Iranian people. Kofarnihon The name comes from the Persian کافر نهان, literally meaning "place where unbelievers hide ...

  4. Central Asia - Wikipedia

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    Central Asia is a region of Asia consisting of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. [4] The countries as a group are also colloquially referred to as the "-stans" as all have names ending with the Persian suffix "-stan" (meaning 'land') in both respective native languages and most other languages.

  5. Stans (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    The countries, mostly in South Asia and Central Asia, whose names end in the Persian suffix -stan; Stans, a fanbase to Eminem This page was last edited on 30 ...

  6. Oikonyms in Western and South Asia - Wikipedia

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    Oikonyms in Western, Central, South, and Southeast Asia can be grouped according to various components, reflecting common linguistic and cultural histories. [1] Toponymic study is not as extensive as it is for placenames in Europe and Anglophone parts of the world, but the origins of many placenames can be determined with a fair degree of certainty.

  7. List of country-name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    The name is traditionally taken to be a transcription of the Sanskrit Bhoṭa-anta (भोट-अन्त, "end of Tibet"), in reference to Bhutan's position as the southern extremity of the Tibetan plateau and culture. [39] [101] "Bhutan" may have been truncated from this or been taken from the Nepali name Bhutān (भूटान).

  8. Persian name - Wikipedia

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    A Persian name, or an Iranian name, consists of a given name (Persian: نام Nâm), sometimes more than one, and a surname (نام‌ خانوادگی). Given names

  9. List of English words of Persian origin - Wikipedia

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    from Persian فرغانه Ferghana. a region in Central Asia. a usually small heavy Persian rug chiefly of cotton having usually a web and a fringed end, a deep blue or rose field with an all over herati sometimes guli hinnai design and a main border with a turtle design, and being highly prized if antique.