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Islamistan

Today it means: A region dominated by Islam, sometimes contrasted with Arabic-speaking southern regions; usage is mainly descriptive or ideological rather than official. Full definition →

Classical Persian إِسْلَامِسْتَان

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Classical Persian · borrowed fromإِسْلَامِسْتَان
English todayIslamistan

From Islam + -istan. Borrowed from Classical Persian إِسْلَامِسْتَان ('islāmistān). Meaning literally "land of Islam", modeled after names like Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.