Etymology

Borrowing from Persian ـستان, from Middle Persian -stʾn', from Old Persian 𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 ‎(stāna-), from Proto-Iranian *stāna-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sthāna, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‎(“to stand”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.ˈtɐ̃w̃/