Skip to content

Sistan

Today it means: A province in eastern Iran; in full, Sistan and Baluchestan. Full definition →

Old Persian *Sakastānah

Ask AI about its historyChatGPT Claude Perplexity Google AI Grok

The story

Old Persian · derived from*Sakastānah
English todaySistan

From Persian سیستان (sistân), from earlier Persian سجستان (sajestân), from سکاستان (sakâstân), from Old Persian *Sakastānah.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.