English
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan comes from Turkmen Türkmenistan, from Classical Persian ـستان ‘-stan’, and ultimately from Proto-Iranian *stā́nam.
- Proto-Iranianprehistoric (reconstructed)*stā́namreconstructed
- Old Persianc. 600–300 BCEOld Persian formtransliteratedoriginal script Old Persian form, a transliteration
- Classical Persianc. 900–presentـستان-istān‘-stan’
- TurkmenmodernTürkmenistan
- EnglishtodayTurkmenistan
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Proto-Iranianprehistoric (reconstructed)*stā́namreconstructed
- Old Persianc. 600–300 BCEOld Persian formtransliteratedoriginal script Old Persian form, a transliteration
- Classical Persianc. 900–presentـستان-istān‘-stan’
- TurkmenmodernTürkmenistan
- EnglishtodayTurkmenistan
Equivalent to Turkmen + -istan
Every English word from Proto-Iranian *stā́nam
Today it means
name A country in Central Asia. Capital: Ashgabat.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Iranian *stā́nam / Turkmenistan