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The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*steh₂-“to stand”
2. Proto-Indo-Iranian · derived from*stʰáHnam
3. Proto-Iranian · derived from*stáHnam
4. Old Persian · derived from𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴
5. Middle Persian · derived from-stʾn'
6. Classical Persian · derived fromـِستَان, ـستَان
7. English today-stan

From Classical Persian ـِستَان, ـستَان (-(i)stān), from Middle Persian -stʾn' (-estān), from Old Persian 𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 (s-t-a-n /⁠stāna⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *stáHnam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stʰáHnam, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”). Compare Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬁𐬥𐬀 (stāna), Sanskrit स्थान (sthā́na), Russian стан (stan) (< Proto-Slavic *stanъ), Armenian -ստան (-stan), English stay, stand, state, stead, Latin status.

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