The story
- Classical Persian · derived fromـستان“-stan”
- Turkmen · derived fromTürkmenistan
- English todayTurkmenistan
From Turkmen Türkmenistan, from Türkmen (“Turk-like; Turkmen”) + Classical Persian ـستان (-istān, “-stan”). By surface analysis, Turkmen + -istan.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.