Etymology

dastan

D2A1S1T1A1N1

Today it means: An ornate form of oral history from Central Asia, generally centered on one individual who protects his tribe or people from an outside invader or enemy. Full definition →

Persian داستان
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The story

  1. Persian · borrowed fromداستان“story”
  2. English todaydastan

Borrowed from Persian داستان (“story”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.