Etymograph

English

Islamistan

From Islam + -istan.

Formed from Islam + -istan

Arabic أَسْلَمَ

Arabic إِسْلَام ‘submission, surrender’

English Islam

The story

Meaning literally "land of Islam", modeled after names like Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Today it means

name A region dominated by Islam, sometimes contrasted with Arabic-speaking southern regions; usage is mainly descriptive or ideological rather than official.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Islamistan