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Pakistan Meaning... Must Read then u understand word P A K I S T A N... Word History: Many central and south Asian states and regions end with the element -stan, such as Afghanistan, Pakistan, Baluchistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkistan. This -stan is formed from the Iranian root *st-, "to stand, stay," and means "place (where one stays), home, country." Iranian peoples have been the principal inhabitants of the geographical region occupied by these states for over a thousand years. The names are compounds of -stan and the name of the people living there. Pakistan is a bit of an exception; its name was coined in 1933 using the suffix -istan from Baluchistan preceded by the initial letters of Punjab, Afghanistan, and Kashmir. · Interestingly, a word almost identical in form, etymology, and meaning to the Iranian suffix -stan.
Posted on: Sat, 22 Jun 2013 16:35:12 +0000

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