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Asuristan

Today it means: an important Sassanian province in Late Antiquity, corresponding to the Mesopotamia region Full definition →

Middle Persian ʾswlstʾn'

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Middle Persian · borrowed fromʾswlstʾn'
English todayAsuristan

From Middle Persian ʾswlstʾn' / 𐭠𐭮𐭥𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭭 (ʾsʿʿstn /⁠Asōrestān⁠/), from the Aramaic name of the Assyrians.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.