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The suffix of -stan is Persian for place of. It is equivalent to the suffix of -land in English.
AfghanistanPakistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanThe suffix is actually -stan, not -istan. This suffix is Persian for 'Land of'. Two other countries contain the suffix -stan and they are Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
There are 7 countires ending in stan suffix that are: Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
Stan means land so Afghanistan is land of afgans
The countries names are Pakistan , Afganistan,Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan,Turkmenistan,and Uzbekistan.
Country - nation - state .
It is actually the last four letters who signify a meaning. The suffix -stan is used in multiple country names and it is Persian for "Land of"
The suffix "-stan" means "land of" or "place of" (e.g. Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan). These countries are all near ancient Persia (Iran) from which the suffix derives, to define regions occupied by certain ethnic peoples. Afghanistan means "place of the Afghanis."
The suffix -Stan means "land of" or "place of" in Persian. It is commonly used in the names of countries or regions in Central and South Asia, such as Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Kazakhstan.
"country," source of place names such as Afghanistan, Pakistan , etc., from Pers. -stan "country," from Indo-Iranian *stanam "place," lit. "where one stands," from PIE *sta-no- , from base *sta- "to stand"
Pakistan and Afghanistan (sorry if I spelled Afghanistan wrong)
A Persian suffix meaning "home of", "place of".As in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan