?What does the name of the countries that end in the word stan mean
Afghanistan, Uzbekistan; Pakistan …..and many other countries all end with the word (stan), but have we thought about the secret of this word, which is shared by many countries, all located in Central Asia and South Asia? The truth is that the word (stan) has historical linguistic origins.
The word has found its way in many ancient languages, and the word means (place) in the Indo-European language, which is the origin of the languages spoken by the inhabitants of these countries.
In the Russian language, it means (settlement), but in the Slavic language, the word is used in the sense of an apartment or a country.
The Indo-Iranian peoples used the word stan to mean (a place) or (the name of a place) and today the word is used to refer to the aforementioned countries, which it obtained through the linguistic lineage of the Urdu languages, and the Pashto language, which is the official language in Afghanistan and Pakistan, which is a branch of the Indo-European languages and goes back Most of these countries are ethnically related to Turkish origin, and they speak many languages, all of which are of the Turkish family, and here are the names of these countries that end with the word (stan).
Kazakhstan: means the land of the Kazakhs, and the word Kazakh is derived from a Turkish word meaning independence, so that the full meaning of the name is the land of independence or the land of freedom.
Afghanistan: means the land of the Afghans, and historically the Pashtuns are the indigenous people of Afghanistan, and it is the largest ethnic group in the country
Kyrgyzstan: means the land of the Kyrgyz, and the truth is that it is not known exactly the origin of the derivation of the word Kyrgyz, but it is said that it is from a Turkish word meaning forty, in reference to the forty clans that gathered together in this country
Turkmenistan: It means the land of the Turkmen, and the ancient sources say that the word Turkmen means (what looks like Turk), while modern sources explain the meaning and say that it means pure or pure Turk.
Pakistan: means the land of purity in the Urdu language, and the name Pakistan was used as an abbreviation in 1930 AD for the first letter of many words representing the different races in this country, namely: Punjabi, Afghani, Kashmiri, Sindhi, and the last syllable of Balochistan; To be the sum total of all these letters of different words Pakistan
Tajikistan: means the land of Tajiks, and the word Tajik was used historically by the Turks, to refer to non-Turks who speak languages related to Persian
Uzbekistan: It means the land of the Uzbeks, and it is said that the Uzbeks either belong to the Uzbek Khan, who is a leader who brought together the various groups in this region, or it is a mixture of Turkish words that mean, the master of himself, or completely free.
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