Etymology

From Persian ستان ‎(stān) "place of", from Indo-Iranian verbal stem √sthā ‎(√sthā, “to stand, stay”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‎(“to stand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [-ˈstɑn] (after back vowels), IPA^(key): [-ˈstän] (after front vowels)