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stan (Persian: ستان stân,^{[n 1]} estân or istân^{[n 2]}; Sanskrit: स्तान् stān or स्थानम् sthānam) has the meaning of "a place abounding in"^[1] or "place where anything abounds" as a suffix.^[2] It is widely used by Iranian languages (mainly Persian) and the Indic languages (mainly Sanskrit, Prakrit and Hindustani) as well as the Turkic languages (excluding Siberian Turkic), Dravidic languages (mainly Brahui and Kannada) and other languages. The suffix appears in the names of many regions throughout West, Central and South Asia, and parts of the Caucasus and Russia.^[3]

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^ Ford, Matt (7 February 2014). "Kazakhstan's President Is Tired of His Country's Name Ending in 'Stan'". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.

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