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{{Infobox cricket team
| name = Karnataka cricket team
| image = [[Image:Chinnaswamystadium.jpg|250px]]
| captain = [[Mayank Agarwal]]
| coach = [[K V Shashikanth]]
| founded = 1879
| ground = [[M. Chinnaswamy Stadium]], [[Bengaluru]]
| capacity = 35,000<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.iplt20.com/venues/5/m-chinnaswamy-stadium | title=M. Chinnaswamy Stadium | Cricket Grounds | IPLT20 }}</ref>
| owner = [[Karnataka State Cricket Association]]
| first_fc = [[Madras cricket team|Madras]]
| first_fc_year = 1934
| first_fc_venue = [[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium| Madras Cricket Club Ground, Madras]]
| title1 = [[Ranji Trophy]]
| title1wins = 8
| title2 = [[Irani Cup]]
| title2wins = 6
| title3 = [[Vijay Hazare Trophy]]
| title3wins = 4
| title4 = [[Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy]]
| title4wins = 2
| website = [http://www.ksca.cricket/ KSCA]
}}

'''Karnataka cricket team''' represents the [[India]]n state of [[Karnataka]] in domestic [[cricket]] competitions. It has traditionally been one of the strongest teams in the domestic circuit and has produced many of [[Indian cricket team]]'s iconic players. It was known as '''Mysore cricket team''' before the state of Mysore was officially renamed as Karnataka in 1973. It has won the [[Ranji Trophy]] eight times and has come second six times (including two runner-up positions for the earlier Mysore team). The team's home ground is the [[M. Chinnaswamy Stadium]] in [[Bengaluru]]. There was a major push in cricketing infrastructure in 2010s and as of now, grounds in [[M. Chinnaswamy Stadium|Bengaluru]], [[Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadeyar Ground|Mysuru]], [[D.R. Bendre Cricket Stadium|Hubballi]] are constantly used in [[Ranji Trophy]], [[Vijay Hazare Trophy]] & [[Karnataka Premier League]]

==Competition history==
Karnataka has produced some of the best cricketers from the southern part of India. There was a time during the late 90s when 8 out of 11 players were from Karnataka and from 1996 to 2001 there were about 4–5 players from Karnataka State consistently representing the Indian team.

Karnataka has been the most dominant domestic cricket team of this decade(2010–19), winning 2 Ranji trophies, 2 Irani Cups, 4 Vijay Hazare trophies and 2 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy titles. This has been due to the emergence of a number of young players like [[K. L. Rahul]], [[Manish Pandey]], [[Karun Nair]], [[Shreyas Gopal]] & [[Krishnappa Gowtham]] in presence of established players like [[Vinay Kumar]], [[Abhimanyu Mithun]], [[Sreenath Aravind]], [[Robin Uthappa]] & [[C. M. Gautam]]

In the 90s, Karnataka was dominant along with Mumbai, winning the Ranji Trophies in the 1995/96, 1998/99 and the 1997/98 seasons, winning the finals against [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]], [[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]] and [[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]] respectively. This strong run in the Ranji Trophy was due to the emergence of players like [[Rahul Dravid]], [[Anil Kumble]], [[Javagal Srinath]], [[Sunil Joshi]], [[Venkatesh Prasad]], [[Vijay Bharadwaj]] & [[Dodda Ganesh]] all of whom went on to represent country.

Before that, the team of [[E.A.S. Prasanna]], [[Bhagwat Chandrasekhar]], [[Gundappa Viswanath]], [[Roger Binny]], [[Brijesh Patel]], [[Raghuram Bhat]] & [[Syed Kirmani]] led Karnataka to 3 Ranji titles (and 3 runners up title) in a span of 10 years between 1973–82.

In the [[Irani Trophy]], Karnataka has won six times and lost twice against the Rest of India team.

The team showed good performance in 2007–08 season. As international players had to move in and out of the squad due to their national duties, the team could not adjust well with the changes in a short period.

A young Karnataka unit performed well in the 2009–10 season and made it to the finals comfortably. The finals took place at the picturesque Gangotri Glades in Mysuru, where Karnataka, backed by a charged full-house crowd, came up with a spirited performance but lost to Mumbai by just 6 runs. [[Manish Pandey]] was the highest scorer of the season with 882 runs from 9 matches.

The team emerged winners in the 2013–14 season under the captaincy of [[Vinay Kumar]] beating Maharashtra by 7 wickets in the finals played at Hyderabad. They went on to win the [[Irani Trophy]] (vs Rest of India) and [[Vijay Hazare Trophy]] (domestic ODI tournament) in the same season, thus completing a historic treble.

Karnataka continued their dominance in 2014–15 season too. Firstly, they successfully defended the Vijay Hazare Trophy, winning their final against Punjab by 156 runs. They had a stupendous run in the Ranji Trophy too, and beat Tamil Nadu by an innings and 217 runs in the [http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/engine/match/776183.html final] at Mumbai to retain the trophy. [[Karun Nair]] scored 328, the highest ever individual score in a Ranji Trophy final (bettering [[Gul Mohammad]]'s 319, scored in the 1946/47 season final). Vinay Kumar became the first captain to pick up a five-wicket haul and score a century in a Ranji final. In the Irani Trophy [http://www.espncricinfo.com/irani-cup-2014-15/engine/match/776117.html game] that followed, they beat the Rest of India team by 246 runs and retained the trophy. By doing so, they not only repeated the historic treble of the previous season, but also became only the second domestic team (after Bombay) to bag back-to-back Irani Cups.

Karnataka had a modest [[2015–16 Ranji Trophy|2015–16 Ranji season]], chalking up 2 wins, 1 loss and 5 draws in the league stage. They did not qualify for the knock-outs. Karnataka's only loss came against Maharashtra in their final league game, which ended an unbeaten streak of 37 first-class matches (20 wins, 17 draws) that stretched back to November 2012. Karnataka did not qualify for the knock-outs in the Vijay Hazare Trophy too, despite winning 4 of their 6 league games.

In the [[2016–17 Ranji Trophy|2016–17 Ranji season]], Karnataka had a good run until the quarter-finals, where they were [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2016-17/engine/match/1053693.html beaten] by Tamil Nadu in a low scoring game.

Karnataka had a dominant run in the [[2017–18 Ranji Trophy|2017–18 Ranji season]], notching up 4 wins and 2 draws and topping Group A. They faced Mumbai in the quarter-finals and inflicted an [http://www.bcci.tv/ranji-trophy-2017-18/match/85 innings defeat] on them. However, they suffered a heart-breaking 5-run [http://www.bcci.tv/ranji-trophy-2017-18/match/90 loss] to Vidarbha in the semifinals and bowed out of the competition. [[Mayank Agarwal]] (1160 runs) and [[Krishnappa Gowtham]] (34 wickets) were the stand-out performers of the season.

In the 2018–19 domestic season, Karnataka won their maiden T20 title. They beat Maharashtra by 8 wickets in the [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8661/scorecard/1175045/maharashtra-vs-karnataka-final-syed-mushtaq-ali-trophy-2018-19 final] of the [[Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy]]. They went on to defend their title in the 2019–20 season when they beat Tamil Nadu by 1 run in the finals.

[[Image:RahulDravid.jpg|thumb|150px|right|[[Rahul Dravid]] scored hundreds in the finals of both 1995–96 and 1997–98 Ranji Trophy.]]

=== Best performances in Ranji Trophy ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Season !! Position !! Captain !! Opponent in final !! Irani Cup
|-
| 1941–42 || Runner-up || [[Safi Darashah]] || Bombay || –
|-
| 1959–60 || Runner-up || K Vasudevamurthy || Bombay || –
|-
| 1973–74 || '''Winner''' || EAS Prasanna || Rajasthan || '''Yes'''
|-
| 1974–75 || Runner-up || EAS Prasanna || Bombay || –
|-
| 1977–78 || '''Winner''' || EAS Prasanna || Uttar Pradesh || No
|-
| 1978-79 || Runner-up || GR Vishwanath || Delhi || –
|-
| 1981–82 || Runner-up || GR Vishwanath || Delhi || –
|-
| 1982–83 || '''Winner''' || Brijesh Patel || Bombay || '''Yes'''
|-
| 1995–96 || '''Winner''' || Anil Kumble || Tamil Nadu || '''Yes'''
|-
| 1997–98 || '''Winner''' || Rahul Dravid || Uttar Pradesh || '''Yes'''
|-
| 1998–99 || '''Winner''' || Sunil Joshi || Madhya Pradesh || No
|-
| 2009-10 || Runner-up || Robin Uthappa || Mumbai || –
|-
| 2013–14 || '''Winner''' || Vinay Kumar || Maharashtra || '''Yes'''
|-
| 2014–15 || '''Winner''' || Vinay Kumar || Tamil Nadu || '''Yes'''
|}

=== Best performances in Wills Trophy ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Season !! Position !! Captain !! Opponent in final
|-
| 1983–84 || Runner-up || Roger Binny || Indian Board President XI
|-
| 1987–88 || Runner-up || Roger Binny || Indian Board President XI
|-
| 1999-00 || Runner-up || Sujith Somasunder || Indian Board President XI
|}

=== Best performances in Vijay Hazare Trophy ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Season !! Position !! Captain !! Opponent in final
|-
| 2013–14 || '''Winner''' || Vinay Kumar || Railways
|-
| 2014–15 || '''Winner''' || Vinay Kumar || Punjab
|-
| 2017–18 || '''Winner''' || Karun Nair || Saurashtra
|-
| 2019–20 || '''Winner''' || Manish Pandey || Tamil Nadu
|}

=== Best performances in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Season !! Position !! Captain !! Opponent in final
|-
| 2018–19 || '''Winner''' || Manish Pandey || Maharashtra
|-
| 2019–20 || '''Winner''' || Manish Pandey || Tamil Nadu
|}

==Famous players==
{{main article|List of Karnataka cricketers}}
[[Image:Kumble edited.jpg|thumb|right|[[Anil Kumble]] is one of the four bowlers to have taken more than 600 Test wickets.]]

Players from Karnataka who have played Test cricket for India, along with year of Test debut:

{{Div col|colwidth=30em}}
*[[Erapalli Prasanna]] (1962)†
*[[Bhagwat Chandrasekhar]] (1964)†
*[[Venkataraman Subramanya]] (1965)†
*[[Gundappa Viswanath]] (1969)†
*[[Brijesh Patel]] (1974)†
*[[Syed Kirmani]] (1976)†
*[[Roger Binny]] (1979)†
*[[Raghuram Bhat]] (1983)†
*[[Sadanand Viswanath]] (1985)†
*[[Anil Kumble]] (1990)†
*[[Javagal Srinath]] (1991)†
*[[Sunil Joshi]] (1996)†
*[[Venkatesh Prasad]] (1996)†
*[[Rahul Dravid]] (1996)†
*[[David Johnson (cricketer, born 1971)|David Johnson]] (1996)†
*[[Dodda Ganesh]] (1997)†
*[[Vijay Bharadwaj]] (1999)†
*[[Abhimanyu Mithun]] (2010)†
*[[Vinay Kumar]] (2012)†
*[[Stuart Binny]] (2014)†
*[[KL Rahul]] (2014)†
*[[Karun Nair]] (2016)†
*[[Mayank Agarwal]] (2018)†

Players from Karnataka who have played ODI but not Test cricket for India, along with year of ODI debut :
*[[Sudhakar Rao]] (1976)†
*[[Sujith Somasunder]] (1996)†
*[[Robin Uthappa]] (2006)†
*[[Manish Pandey]] (2015)†
*[[Prasidh Krishna]] (2021)†
*[[Krishnappa Gowtham]] (2021)

Players from Karnataka who have played T20I but not ODI or Test cricket for India, along with year of T20I debut :
*[[Sreenath Aravind]] (2015)†
*[[Devdutt Padikkal]] (2021)

Cricketers who played a small portion of their first-class career for Karnataka, and played Test cricket for India, along with year of Test debut :
*[[Phiroze Palia]] (1932)
*[[Venkatappa Muddiah]] (1959)†
*[[Budhi Kunderan]] (1960)†

Other notable Cricketers who played a considerable portion of their first-class career for Karnataka :
*[[Barrington Rowland]] (1999-2007)

{{div col end}}

† indicates inductees of KSCA Hall of Fame<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ksca.cricket/halloffame.html |title=Karnataka State Cricket Association |website=Ksca.cricket |access-date=2016-09-29}}</ref>

== Current squad ==
Players with international caps are listed in '''bold'''.
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
! text-align:center;"| Name
! text-align:center;"| Birth date
! text-align:center;"| Batting style
! text-align:center;"| Bowling style
! text-align:center;"| Notes
|-
! colspan="5" |Batsmen
|-
| '''[[Manish Pandey]]''' || {{birth date and age|1989|9|10|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] || Plays for '''[[Delhi Capitals]]''' in [[Indian Premier League|IPL]]
|-
| '''[[Mayank Agarwal]]''' || {{birth date and age|1991|2|16|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] || '''Captain''' Plays for '''[[Sunrisers Hyderabad]]''' in [[Indian Premier League|IPL]]
|-
| [[Ravikumar Samarth]] || {{birth date and age|1993|1|22|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] ||'''Vice-captain'''
|-
| Nikin Jose || {{birth date and age|2000|8|21|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] ||
|-
| '''[[Devdutt Padikkal]]''' || {{birth date and age|2000|7|7|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] || Plays for '''[[Rajasthan Royals]]''' in [[Indian Premier League|IPL]]
|-
| Vishal Onat || {{birth date and age|2003|11|14|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] ||
|-
| [[Abhinav Manohar]] || {{birth date and age|1994|9|16|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[leg break]] || Plays for '''[[Gujarat Titans]]''' in [[Indian Premier League|IPL]]
|-
| LR Chethan || {{birth date and age|2000|5|25|df=y}} || Right-handed || ||
|-
| Rohan Patil || {{birth date and age|2001|8|18|df=y}} || Left-handed || ||
|-
! colspan="5" |All-rounder
|-
| [[Manoj Bhandage]] || {{birth date and age|1998|10|5|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] || Plays for '''[[Royal Challengers Bangalore]]''' in [[Indian Premier League|IPL]]
|-
| [[Shubhang Hegde]] || {{birth date and age|2001|3|30|df=y}} || Left-handed || [[Slow left-arm orthodox]] ||
|-
! colspan="5" |Wicket-keepers
|-
| [[BR Sharath]] || {{birth date and age|1996|9|28|df=y}} || Right-handed || ||
|-
| [[Luvnith Sisodia]] || {{birth date and age|2000|1|15|df=y}} || Left-handed || ||
|-
| Nihal Ullal || {{birth date and age|1993|1|19|df=y}} || Right-handed || ||
|-
| '''[[KL Rahul]]''' || {{birth date and age|1992|4|18|df=y}} || Right-handed || || Plays for '''[[Lucknow Super Giants]]''' in [[Indian Premier League|IPL]]
|-
! colspan="5" |Spin Bowlers
|-
| '''[[Krishnappa Gowtham]]''' || {{birth date and age|1988|10|20|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] || Plays for '''[[Lucknow Super Giants]]''' in [[Indian Premier League|IPL]]
|-
| [[Shreyas Gopal]] || {{birth date and age|1993|9|4|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[leg break]] ||
|-
| [[Jagadeesha Suchith]] || {{birth date and age|1994|1|16|df=y}} || Left-handed || [[Slow left-arm orthodox]] ||
|-
! colspan="5" |Pace Bowlers
|-
| Vidhwath Kaverappa || {{birth date and age|1999|2|25|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] || Plays for '''[[Punjab Kings]]''' in [[Indian Premier League|IPL]]
|-
| [[Vasuki Koushik]] || {{birth date and age|1992|9|19|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] ||
|-
| [[Vijaykumar Vyshak]] || {{birth date and age|1997|1|31|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] || Plays for '''[[Royal Challengers Bangalore]]''' in [[Indian Premier League|IPL]]
|-
| [[Ronit More]] || {{birth date and age|1992|2|2|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] ||
|-
| M Venkatesh || {{birth date and age|2000|4|12|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] ||
|}

''Updated as on 8 February 2023''

==See also==
*[[Karnataka football team]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Ranji Trophy}}
{{Cricket in India}}

[[Category:Indian first-class cricket teams]]
[[Category:Cricket in Karnataka]]
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[[Category:Cricket clubs established in 1879]]

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{{Short description|Indian Producer}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Numbsoul02 Agarwal
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|04|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Hyderabad]], [[Andhra Pradesh]] (now in [[Telangana]]), India
| nationality =
| alma mater = [[St. Mary's College, Hyderabad]]
| occupation = [[Film producer]]
| parents = Tej Narayan Agarwal (father) Snehalatha Agarwal (mother)
| spouse = Archana Agarwal
| children = 2 
}}

'''Abhishek Agarwal''' is an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[film producer]] who produces [[Telugu cinema|Telugu films]] predominantly. He began his journey in the film industry as a co-producer for the movies ''[[Kirrak Party]]'' and ''[[Goodachari]]''. Later, he produced the films ''[[A1 Express]]'' and ''[[Raja Raja Chora]]'' marking his first solo production credits. He also ventured into [[Bollywood]] with films like ''[[The Kashmir Files]]'' and the sequel ''The Delhi Files''.

== Early life ==
Abhishek Agarwal was born into a reputed business family, to Tej Narayan Agarwal and Snehalatha Agarwal, he studied at [[All Saints High School (Hyderabad)]] and later graduated at [[St. Mary's College, Hyderabad]].

=== Tollywood ===
Abhishek ventured in to film production as a co-producer with [[Nikhil Siddhartha|Nikhil's]] ''[[Kirrak Party]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title='Kirrak Party' trailer out: Promises to be a complete campus entertainer |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/kirrak-party-trailer-out-promises-be-complete-campus-entertainer-77986 |access-date=2023-01-03 |website=The News Minute |language=en}}</ref> and went ahead to produce ''[[Goodachari]]'' with [[Adivi Sesh]] with the success of both films he ventured further into films like [[Kajal Aggarwal]]'s [[Sita (2019 film)|''Sita'']], [[Sundeep Kishan]]'s ''[[A1 Express]]'' and debut director Hasith Goli's ''[[Raja Raja Chora]]'' with [[Sree Vishnu]].

in 2022, it was rumored that Abhishek Agarwal Arts would be producing a film with [[Sukumar]] and [[Prabhas]],<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=Production house rumoured to be associated with Prabhas-Sukumar project issues clarity |url=https://mirchi.in/stories/movies/production-house-rumoured-to-be-associated-with-prabhas-sukumar-project-issues-clarity/96542761 |access-date=2023-01-03 |website=mirchi.in |language=en}}</ref> but those rumors were quickly shut down.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Kashmir Files producer denies bankrolling Prabhas-Sukumar film: 'Projects being talked about in the news are just rumors' |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/the-kashmir-files-producer-denies-bankrolling-prabhas-sukumar-film-8346805/ |access-date=2023-01-03 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

=== Bollywood ===
Abhishek Agarwal's first Bollywood project was [[Vivek Agnihotri]]'s ''[[The Kashmir Files]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Kashmir Files producer Abhishek Agarwal says 'don't need your validation Nadav Lapid' |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/the-kashmir-files-producer-abhishek-agarwal-says-dont-need-your-validation-nadav-lapid-2302996-2022-11-29 |access-date=2023-01-03 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref> the film was made on a budget of ₹15 - ₹25 crore (US$3.1 million) and the film was declared a box-office success<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Kashmir Files Is Another Gadar - On Its Way To Create HISTORY |url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=6738 |access-date=2022-12-26 |publisher=Box Office India}}</ref> within its first two days of release.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Kashmir Records Fantastic Weekend - Set For Extraordinary Run |url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=6736 |access-date=2022-12-26 |publisher=Box Office India}}</ref> The film went on to become the biggest hit of the [[List of Indian films of 2022|Pandemic era]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vivek Agnihotri's The Kashmir Files crosses Rs 200 crore, shatters records |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/vivek-agnihotri-s-the-kashmir-files-crosses-rs-200-crore-shatters-records-1928888-2022-03-24 |access-date=2023-01-03 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref> grossing over 340 crores,<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Kashmir Files Box Office Collection |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/the-kashmir-files/box-office/ |access-date=2023-01-03 |language=en}}</ref> becoming the [[List of Hindi films of 2022#Box office collection|second highest-grossing Hindi film of 2022]]. The team has now re-united for a project called ''The Vaccine War''<ref>{{Cite news |title=Film-maker Vivek Agnihotri's new film 'The Vaccine War' to release in Aug 2023 |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/film-maker-vivek-agnihotris-new-film-the-vaccine-war-to-release-in-aug-2023/articleshow/95423075.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2023-01-03}}</ref> which is about the indigenous COVID=19 vaccine India developed.

In January 2023, Abhishek Agarwal arts officially launched the first look of [[Goodachari|''G2'']]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Goodachari 2 - Official Announcement {{!}} Telugu Movie News |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/entertainment/regional/telugu/goodachari-2-official-teaser/videoshow/96882086.cms |access-date=2023-01-10 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref> the sequel to [[Adivi Sesh]] starrer [[Goodachari]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Goodachari 2 first look event: Adivi Sesh recalls being called Intelligent Khiladi on sets of Major in Himachal Pradesh |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/goodachari-2-first-look-event-adivi-sesh-recalls-called-intelligent-khiladi-sets-major-himachal-pradesh/ |access-date=2023-01-10 |language=en}}</ref> and confirmed that it will be a [[Pan-Indian film]].<ref>{{Cite web |title='Goodachari 2': Adivi Sesh Shares Pre-Vision Video Of His Upcoming Actioner, Sports Suit While Holding Gun {{!}} WATCH |url=https://english.jagran.com/entertainment/goodachari-2-adivi-sesh-shares-prevision-video-of-his-upcoming-actioner-sports-suit-while-holding-gun-watch-10060497 |access-date=2023-01-10 |website=Jagran English |language=en}}</ref>

===Philanthropy===
In year 2020, Abhishek Agarwal founded Chandrakala Foundation, in memory of his late grandmother Smt. Chandrakala, and on third anniversary (named Sarthak Diwas) Chandrakala Foundation has adopted a village of [[Thimmapur, Karimnagar district|Thimmapur]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kashmir Files Maker Abhishek Agarwal Adopts Thimmapur Village |url=https://english.sakshi.com/news/telangana/kashmir-files-maker-abhishek-agarwal-adopts-thimmapur-village-163706 |access-date=2023-01-03 |website=Sakshi Post |language=en}}</ref> in Ranga Reddy district of [[Telangana]], undertaking the development of Thimmapur's infrastructure and providing amenities to the village.<ref>{{Cite web |last=SNS |title='The Kashmir Files' director Abhishek Aggarwal adopts a Telangana village |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/entertainment/the-kashmir-files-director-abhishek-aggarwal-adopts-a-telangana-village-1503126846.html |access-date=2023-01-03 |website=The Statesman |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
{{BLP unreferenced section}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Year
!Title
!Director
!Notes
|-
|2018
|''[[Kirrak Party]]''
|Sharan Koppisetty
|Co-produced with AK Entertainments<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nikhil Siddhartha on Kirrak Party: It's the best campus drama since Happy Days |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/regional-movies/nikhil-siddhartha-on-kirrak-party-it-s-the-best-campus-drama-since-happy-days/story-WmzQGbeWpPS1qmS4Af8t0M.html |access-date=2023-01-03 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=SNS |title=Nikhil Siddharth's 'Kirrak Party' crosses $100,000 in US |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/entertainment/nikhil-siddharths-kirrak-party-crosses-100000-in-us-1502602734.html |access-date=2023-01-03 |website=The Statesman |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|2018
|''[[Goodachari]]''
| Sashi Kiran Tikka
|
|-
|2019
|[[Sita (2019 film)|''Sita'']]
|[[Teja (director)|Teja]]
|Co-produced with AK Entertainments
|-
|2021
|''[[A1 Express]]''
|Dennis Jeevan Kanukolanu
|
|-
|2021
|''[[Raja Raja Chora]]''
|[[Hasith Goli]]
|
|-
|2022
|''[[The Kashmir Files]]''
|[[Vivek Agnihotri]]
|[[Zee Studios]] I am Buddha Production
|-
|2022
|''[[Karthikeya 2]]''
|[[Chandoo Mondeti]]
|
|-
|2022
|[[Dhamaka (2022 film)|''Dhamaka'']]
|[[Trinadha Rao Nakkina]]
|
|}

=== Upcoming ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Year
!Title
!Director
!Notes
|-
|TBD
|''Tiger Nageswara Rao''
|[[Vamsee Krishna Naidu|Vamsee]]
|Pre-production<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tiger Nageswara Rao: Dubbing work of Ravi Teja's upcoming film begins |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/tiger-nageswara-rao-dubbing-work-of-ravi-tejas-upcoming-film-begins/articleshow/96684545.cms |access-date=2023-01-03 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|TBD
|''Dr. Abdul Kalam''
|[[Anil Sunkara]]
|Pre-production<ref>{{Cite web |title=Proud to be associated with the biopic on Dr Kalam: Abhishek Agarwal |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/proud-to-be-associated-with-the-biopic-on-dr-kalam-abhishek-agarwal/articleshow/62081122.cms |access-date=2023-01-03 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|TBD
|''Maryada Krishnayya''
|[[V. N. Aditya]]
|Pre-production
|-
|2023
|[[The Delhi Files|''The Vaccine War'']]
|[[Vivek Agnihotri]]
|Production<ref>{{Cite web |last=Entertainment |first=Quint |title=Anupam Kher Starts Shooting For Vivek Agnihotri's 'The Vaccine War' |url=https://www.thequint.com/entertainment/bollywood/anupam-kher-starts-shooting-for-vivek-agnihotris-the-vaccine-war |access-date=2023-01-03 |website=TheQuint |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|TBD
|''[[The Delhi Files]]''
|[[Vivek Agnihotri]]
|Pre-production
|-
|TBD
|[[Goodachari|''Goodachari 2'']]
|Vinay Kumar Sirigineedi
|Production<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adivi Sesh announces Goodachari sequel G2, promises a 'massive launch' |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/adivi-sesh-announces-goodachari-sequel-g2-promises-a-massive-launch-8350570/ |access-date=2023-01-03 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>
|}

== References ==
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== External links ==
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-stan

2023-05-06T15:25:15Z

Kobitasaha: Page authored.

{{Other uses|Stan (disambiguation)}}
{{Short description|Persian-language suffix used for place names}}
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[[File:Stansuffixmap.png|thumb|229x229px|{{leftlegend|#363|Countries whose name in English has the suffix ''-stan''}}{{leftlegend|#5C4|Other countries that have first-level divisions whose names in English have the suffix ''-stan''.}}{{Leftlegend|#0048BA|Countries whose name in their native language has the suffix ''-stan''.}}]]
'''-stan''' ({{lang-fa|ـستان}}; {{Transliteration|fa|stân{{noitalics|,}}<ref group=n>Applies after a [[Persian phonology|vowel]].</ref>}} {{Transliteration|fa|estân {{noitalics|or}} istân<ref group=n>Applies after a [[Persian phonology|consonant]].</ref>}}) has the meaning of "a place abounding in"<ref name="hayyim-dictionary" /> or "a place where anything abounds" as a [[suffix]].<ref name="steingass-dictionary" /> It originated in the [[Persian language]], but is widely used by other [[Iranian languages|Iranic languages]] as well as the [[Common Turkic languages|Shaz Turkic languages]] (excluding [[Siberian Turkic languages|Siberian Turkic]]) and other languages historically influenced by Persian. The suffix appears in the names of many regions throughout [[West Asia|West]], [[Central Asia|Central]] and [[South Asia]], and parts of the [[Caucasus]] and [[Russia]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ford|first1=Matt|title=Kazakhstan's President Is Tired of His Country's Name Ending in 'Stan'|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/02/kazakhstans-president-is-tired-of-his-countrys-name-ending-in-stan/283676/|access-date=28 October 2022|work=[[The Atlantic]]|language=en|archive-date=25 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025082333/https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/02/kazakhstans-president-is-tired-of-his-countrys-name-ending-in-stan/283676/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The derived suffix -standar (or ostandar) was used for [[Administrative divisions of the Sasanian Empire|administrative titles]] of -stan governors under the [[Sasanian Empire]] in Persia.{{sfn|Daryaee|2014|p=126}}{{sfn|Ghereghlou|2018}}

== Etymology and cognates ==
The suffix ''-stan'' is analogous to the suffix ''[[-land]]'', present in many country and location names. The suffix is also used more generally, as in Persian {{transl|fa|rigestân}} ({{lang|fa|ریگستان}}) "place of sand, desert", {{transl|fa|golestân}} ({{lang|fa|گلستان}}) "place of flowers, garden", {{transl|ga|gurestân}} ({{lang|fa|گورستان}}) "graveyard, cemetery",<ref>{{cite book|first=Leila|last=Moshiri|chapter=English-Persian Glossary|title=Colloquial Persian|year=1988|publisher=[[Routledge]]|page=150|isbn=0-415-00886-7}}</ref> ''Hindustân'' ({{lang|fa|هندوستان}}) "land of the [[Indian subcontinent|Hindu]]s".<ref name="Kapur2019">{{cite book|last1=Kapur|first1=Anu|title=Mapping Place Names of India|publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]]|isbn=978-0-429-61421-7|language=en}}</ref>

Originally an independent noun, this morpheme evolved into a suffix by virtue of appearing frequently as the last part in [[Compound (linguistics)|nominal compounds]]. It is of [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]] and ultimately [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]] origin. It is [[cognate]] with the English word ''[[state (disambiguation)|state]]'', Polish [[wiktionary:stan#Polish|''stan'']] (state), and with [[Sanskrit]] {{transl|sa|sthā́na}} ([[Devanagari]]: {{lang-sa|स्थान}} {{IPA-sa|stʰaːnɐ}}), meaning "the act of standing", from which many further meanings derive, including "place, location; abode, dwelling", and ultimately descends from [[Proto-Indo-Iranian language|Proto-Indo-Iranian]] {{PIE|*''sthāna-''}},<ref name="Oxford">{{cite book|last=Macdonell|first=A. A.|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/macdonell_query.py?|title=A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|location=London|page=365|author-link=Arthur Anthony Macdonell|access-date=1 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221016144545/https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/macdonell_query.py?page=365|archive-date=16 October 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> partly loaned into [[Ancient Greek]] as {{lang-grc|-στήνη}} ({{transl|grc|-stēnē}}).

== Countries ==
* {{Flag|Afghanistan}}
* {{Flag|Kazakhstan}}
* {{Flag|Kyrgyzstan}}
* {{Flag|Pakistan}}
* {{Flag|Tajikistan}}
* {{Flag|Turkmenistan}}
* {{Flag|Uzbekistan}}

Some of these nations were also known with the Latinate suffix ''{{linktext|-ia|lang=en}}'' during their time as [[Republics of the Soviet Union|Soviet republics]]: ''Turkmenistan'' was frequently ''Turkmenia'', ''Kyrgyzstan'' often ''Kirghizia'', and even ''Uzbekistan'' was very rarely ''Uzbekia''.<ref>[[Google Ngram]] [https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Uzbekia,%20Kirgizia,%20Turkmenia,%20Tajikia&year_start=1900&year_end=2100&corpus=0&smoothing=2&case_insensitive=on&direct_url=t1%3B%2CUzbekia%3B%2Cc0%3B.t4%3B%2CKirgizia%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3BKirgizia%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BKIRGIZIA%3B%2Cc0%3B.t4%3B%2CTurkmenia%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3BTurkmenia%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BTURKMENIA%3B%2Cc0#t1%3B%2CUzbekia%3B%2Cc0%3B.t4%3B%2CKirgizia%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3BKirgizia%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BKIRGIZIA%3B%2Cc0%3B.t4%3B%2CTurkmenia%3B%2Cc1%3B%2Cs0%3B%3BTurkmenia%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BTURKMENIA%3B%2Cc0 Uzbekia, Kirgizia, Turkmenia, Tajikia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410094017/https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Uzbekia,%20Kirgizia,%20Turkmenia,%20Tajikia&year_start=1900&year_end=2100&corpus=0&smoothing=2&case_insensitive=on&direct_url=t1%3B%2CUzbekia%3B%2Cc0%3B.t4%3B%2CKirgizia%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3BKirgizia%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BKIRGIZIA%3B%2Cc0%3B.t4%3B%2CTurkmenia%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3BTurkmenia%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BTURKMENIA%3B%2Cc0#t1%3B%2CUzbekia%3B%2Cc0%3B.t4%3B%2CKirgizia%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3BKirgizia%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BKIRGIZIA%3B%2Cc0%3B.t4%3B%2CTurkmenia%3B%2Cc1%3B%2Cs0%3B%3BTurkmenia%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BTURKMENIA%3B%2Cc0 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Becker|first=Seymour|title=Russia's Protectorates in Central Asia: Bukhara and Khiva, 1865–1924|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rn9_AgAAQBAJ&pg=PT553|year=2004|publisher=Routledge|isbn=1-134-33582-2|page=553|quote=As early as June 1920, Lenin had toyed with the idea of dividing Russian Turkestan into three national regions: Uzbekia, Kirgizia and Turkmenia.}}</ref> In addition, the native name of [[Armenia]] is ''Hayastan'', hay being the [[endonym]] of Armenians.

=== Country names in various languages ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! English Name !! Persian name !! Turkish name !! Armenian name !! Azerbaijani name !! Kazakh name !! Turkmen name !!Tatar name !! Uyghur name !! Bashkir name !! Hindi name !! Urdu name
|-
| {{Flag|Armenia}}|| {{transl|fa|Armanestân}} – {{lang|fa|ارمنستان}} || {{lang|tr|Ermenistan}} || {{transl|hy|Hayastan}} – {{lang|hy|Հայաստան}} (native term: {{transl|hy|Hayk'}} – {{lang|hy|Հայք}})

|| {{lang|az|Ermənistan}} || {{N/A}} || {{lang|tk|Ermenistan}} || {{transl|tt|Ärmänstan}} – {{lang|tt|Әрмәнстан}} || {{n/a}} || {{transl|tt|Ärmänstan}} – {{lang|ba|Әрмәнстан}} || {{transl|tt|Armanistān}} – {{lang|hi|अर्मनिस्तान}} || {{transl|tt|Armanistān}} – {{lang|ur|ارمنستان}}
|-
| {{Flag|Bulgaria}}|| {{transl|fa|Bulgharestân}} – {{lang|fa|بلغارستان}} || {{lang|tr|Bulgaristan}} || {{N/A}} || {{lang|az|Bolqarıstan}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{transl|tt|Bolğarstan}} – {{lang|tt|Болгарстан}} || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} || {{transl|tt| Bulgharistân}} – {{lang|ur|بلغارستان}}
|-
| {{Flag|China}}|| {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} || {{transl|hy|Čʿinastan}} – {{lang|hy|Չինաստան}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}}
|-
| {{Flag|Croatia}}|| {{n/a}} || {{lang|tr|Hırvatistan}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}}|| - (alternative {{transl|tt|Xırwatstan}} – {{lang|tt|Хырватстан}}) || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}}
|-
| {{Flag|England}}|| {{transl|fa|Engelestân}} – {{lang|fa|انگلستان}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}}|| {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}}
|{{N/A}} || ''Aangladesh - आंग्लदेश''- (alternative {{transl|hi|Iṅglistān}} – {{lang|hi|इंगलिस्तान}}) || {{transl|tt|Inglistān}} – {{lang|ur|اِن٘گلِسْتان}}
|-
|{{Flag|Ethiopian Empire}}
({{Flag|Ethiopia}} and {{Flag|Eritrea}})
|{{N/A}}
| - (formerly {{lang|tr|Habeşistan}})
| - (formerly {{transl|hy|Habešstan}} – {{lang|hy|Հաբեշստան}})
| - (formerly {{lang|az|Həbəşistan}})
| {{N/A}}
| {{N/A}}
| - (formerly {{transl|tt|Xäbäşstan}} – {{lang|tt|Хәбәшстан}}
| - (formerly {{transl|ug|Hebeshistan}} – {{lang|ug|ھەبەشىستان}})
| {{N/A}}
| {{N/A}}
| {{N/A}}
|-
| {{Flag|Georgia}}|| {{transl|fa|Gorjestân}} – {{lang|fa|گرجستان}} || {{lang|tr|Gürcistan}} || {{transl|hy|Vrastan}} – {{lang|hy|Վրաստան}} (native term: {{transl|hy|Virk'}} – {{lang|hy|Վիրք}}) || {{lang|az|Gürcüstan}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{transl|tt|Görcistan}} – {{lang|tt|Гөрҗистан}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{transl|tt|Gurjistān}} – {{lang|hi|गुर्जिस्तान}} || {{transl|tt|Gurjistān}} – {{lang|ur|گرجستان}}
|-
| {{Flag|Greece}}|| {{n/a}} || {{lang|tr|Yunanistan}} || {{transl|hy|Hunastan}} – {{lang|hy|Հունաստան}} || {{lang|az|Yunanıstan}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{transl|tt|Yunanstan}} – {{lang|tt|Юнанстан}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}}
|-
| {{Flag|Hungary}}|| {{transl|fa|Majarestan}} – {{lang|fa|مجارستان}} || {{lang|tr|Macaristan}} || {{N/A}} || {{lang|az|Macarıstan}} || {{transl|kk|Majarstan}} – {{lang|kk|Мажарстан}} || {{lang|tk|Majarystan}} || {{transl|tt|Macarstan}} – {{lang|tt|Маҗарстан}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{transl|tt|Majāristān}} – {{lang|hi|मजारिस्तान}} || {{transl|tt|Majāristān}} – {{lang|ur|مجارستان}}
|-
| {{Flag|India}}|| {{transl|fa|[[Hindustan]]}} – {{lang|fa|هندوستان}} || {{lang|tr|Hindistan}} || {{transl|hy|Hndkastan}} – {{lang|hy|Հնդկաստան}} || {{lang|az|Hindistan}} || {{transl|kk|Ündıstan}} – {{lang|kk|Үндістан}} || {{lang|tk|Hindistan}} || {{transl|tt|Hindstan}} – {{lang|tt|Һиндстан}} || {{transl|ug|Hindustan}} – {{lang|ug|ھىندىستان}} || {{transl|tt|Hindostan}} – {{lang|ba|Һиндостан}} || {{transl|tt|Hindustān}} – {{lang|hi|हिंदुस्तान}} || {{transl|tt|Hindustān}} – {{lang|ur|ہِنْدُوْسْتان}}
|-
| {{Flag|Mongolia}}|| {{transl|fa|Mogholestan}} – {{lang|fa|مغولستان}} || {{lang|tr|Moğolistan}} || {{N/A}} || {{lang|az|Monqolustan}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{transl|tt|Moñğolstan}} – {{lang|tt|Моңголстан}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}}
|-
| {{Flag|Poland}}|| {{transl|fa|Lahestân}} – {{lang|fa|لهستان}} || - (formerly {{lang|tr|Lehistan}}) || {{transl|hy|Lehastan}} – {{lang|hy|Լեհաստան}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{transl|tt|Läxstan}} – {{lang|tt|Ләхстан}} || {{transl|ug|Lehistan}} – {{lang|ug|لەھىستان}} || {{N/A}} || {{transl|tt|Lahistān}} – {{lang|hi|लहिस्तान}} || {{transl|tt|Lahistān}} – {{lang|ur|لہستان‎}}
|-
| {{Flag|Russia}}|| {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{transl|hy|Ṙusastan}} – {{lang|hy|Ռուսաստան}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}}
|-
| {{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}|| {{transl|fa|Arabestân-e Sa'udi}} – {{lang|fa|عربستان سعودی}} || {{lang|tr|Suudi Arabistan}} || {{N/A}} || {{lang|az|Səudiyyə Ərəbistanı}} || {{N/A}} || {{lang|tk|Saud Arabystany}} || {{transl|tt|Sögüd Gäräbstanı}} – {{lang|tt|Согуд Гарәбстаны}} || {{transl|ug|Se'udi Erebistan}} – {{lang|ug|سەئۇدى ئەرەبىستان‎}} || {{transl|tt|Säğüd Ğäräbstanï}} – {{lang|ba|Сәғүд Ғәрәбстаны}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}}
|-
| {{Flag|Serbia}} || {{transl|fa|Serbestân}} – {{lang|fa|صربستان}} || {{lang|tr|Sırbistan}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || - (alternative {{transl|tt|Sırbstan}} – {{lang|tt|Сырбстан}}) || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}}
|}

== Administrative divisions ==

The following table lists the [[subnational entities]] of different countries that end with ''-stan''.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Country & [[:Category:First-level administrative divisions by country|first level of division]] !! Country subdivision name
|-
| [[Provinces of Afghanistan]] || [[Nuristan Province|Nuristan]]
|-
| [[Districts of Azerbaijan]] || [[Gobustan District|Gobustan]]
|-
| [[States of India]] || [[Rajasthan]]<ref group=n>The suffix ''-sthan'' is through [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indic]], not [[Iranian languages|Iranic]].</ref>
|-
| [[Provinces of Iran]] || [[Golestan Province|Golestan]], [[Khuzestan Province|Khuzestan]], [[Kurdistan Province|Kurdistan]], [[Lorestan Province|Lorestan]], [[Sistan and Baluchestan Province|Sistan, Baluchestan]]
|-
| [[Governorates of Iraq]] || [[Kurdistan Region]]
|-
| [[Regions of Kazakhstan]] || [[Turkistan Region|Turkistan]]
|-
| [[Provinces of Pakistan]] || [[Balochistan Province|Balochistan]], [[Gilgit-Baltistan]]
|-
| [[Republics of Russia]] || [[Bashkortostan]], [[Dagestan]], [[Tatarstan]]
|-
| [[Regions of Uzbekistan]] || [[Karakalpakstan]]
|}

== Administrative subdivisions ==

The following list shows some examples of some [[:Category:Second-level administrative divisions by country|second-level]], [[:Category:Third-level administrative divisions by country|third-level]], and [[:Category:Fourth-level administrative divisions by country|fourth-level]] subdivisions inside different countries that have their names ending in a ''-stan''-like suffix.

=== In Afghanistan ===
{{columns-list|colwidth=20em|
* [[Arghistan District|Arghistan]]
* [[Ajristan District|Ajristan]]
* [[Gulistan District|Gulistan]]
* [[Kohistan (disambiguation)#In Afghanistan|Kohistan]]{{efn|name=var}}
* [[Malistan District|Malistan]]
* [[Raghistan District|Raghistan]]
* [[Shahristan District|Shahristan]]
* [[Hazaristan]]
}}

{{notelist|||refs=
{{efn|name=var|Various places share this name.}}
}}

=== In Armenia ===
{{columns-list|colwidth=20em|
* [[Burastan]]
* [[Dzorastan]]
* [[Mrgastan]]
* [[Aygestan]]
}}

=== In Iran ===
{{columns-list|colwidth=20em|
* [[Ardestan]]
* [[Bajestan]]
* [[Chamestan]]
* [[Dashtestan County|Dashtestan]]
* [[Golestan (disambiguation)]]/Gulistan{{efn|name=var_Iran}}
* [[Jovestan]]
* [[Khalajestan District|Khalajestan]]
* [[Larestan County|Larestan]]
* [[Mehrestan County|Mehrestan]]
* [[Parchestan (disambiguation)|Parchestan]]{{efn|name=var_Iran}}
* [[Sarvestan]]
* [[Shahrestan, Qazvin|Shahrestan]]{{efn|name=Shah}}
* [[Takestan]]
* [[Tangestan County|Tangestan]]
}}

{{notelist|||refs=
{{efn|name=var_Iran|Various places share this name.}}
{{efn|name=Shah|In the [[Persian language]], ''Shahrestan'' is also a [[common noun]] that means "county". It is in the names of the {{nobr|[[counties of Iran]]}}.}}

}}
[[Dehestan (administrative division)|Dehestan]] is the name of an administrative division in Iran.

=== In Pakistan ===
{{columns-list|colwidth=20em|
* [[Kohistan District, Pakistan|Kohistan]]
* [[North Waziristan]]
* [[South Waziristan]]
}}

=== In Tajikistan ===
{{columns-list|colwidth=20em|
* [[Buston, Sughd|Buston]]
* [[Kuhistoni Mastchoh District|Kuhistoni Mastchoh]]
* [[Shahriston]]
* [[Guliston, Sughd|Guliston]]
}}

=== In other countries ===
{{columns-list|colwidth=20em|
* Azerbajian: [[Gobustan (town)]] (capital of [[Gobustan District]])
* Bangladesh: [[Gulistan, Dhaka|Gulistan]]
* Kazakhstan: [[Turkistan (city)]] (capital of [[Turkistan Region]])
* Russia: [[Dagestan]]
* Turkey: [[Elbistan]]
* Uzbekistan: [[Gulistan District, Uzbekistan|Gulistan]]
}}

== Regions ==
* [[Arabistan (disambiguation)|Arabistan]] – the name of the [[Arabian Peninsula]] and other meanings
* [[Arbayistan]] – a late-antiquity Sasanian [[satrap]]
* [[Asal Hindustan]] – a name for the [[Kingdom of Nepal]]
* [[Asoristan]] – the province of [[Babylonia]] under the Sassanid Empire
* [[Azadistan]] – a short-lived state in the Iranian province of [[Azerbaijan (Iran)|Azarbaijan]] under [[Mohammad Khiabani]]
* [[Balawaristan]] – a revived historical name of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
* [[Balochistan]]/Baluchistan – a region in [[Iran]], [[Afghanistan]], and [[Pakistan]]
* [[Baltistan]] – a northern region in [[Pakistan]]
* [[Bantustan]] – an [[Apartheid]]-era South African and South West African black 'homeland' (the term coined by analogy)
* [[Cholistan Desert]] – a desert region in [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], Pakistan
* [[Dardistan]] – a region in northern [[Pakistan]] of [[Dardic languages|Dardu]] speakers
* [[Dihistan]] – a Sasanian province
* [[East Pakistan]] – the historic name for pre-independence [[Bangladesh]]
* [[East Turkestan]] or Uyghuristan – a region dominated by [[Uyghurs]], located in northwest China
* [[Gharchistan]] – a medieval region in Afghanistan
* [[Hazaristan]] – the Hazarajat, homeland of the [[Hazaras]] in central Afghanistan
* [[Hindustan]] – Persian name for India, broadly the [[Indian subcontinent]].
* [[Indostan]] – archaic usage in European languages for [[Hindostan]].
* [[Iraqi Kurdistan]] – Kurdish-populated part of northern Iraq
* [[Kadagistan]] – Kadagistan was the name of an eastern Sasanian province in the region of Tokharistan (in what is now north-eastern Afghanistan).
* [[Kafiristan]] (land of the infidels) – historic region in Afghanistan until 1896, now known as Nuristan. A similarly named region exists in north Pakistan.
* [[Kohistan (disambiguation)|Kohistan]] – several regions of this name exist
* [[Kurdistan]] – [[Kurds|Kurdish]] region. See also [[Iranian Kurdistan]], [[Iraqi Kurdistan]], [[Syrian Kurdistan]], and [[Turkish Kurdistan]].
* [[Lezgistan]] – ethnolinguistic region in southern Dagestan and northern Azerbaijan
* [[North Waziristan]] – northern part of [[Waziristan]] region in [[Pakistan]]
* [[Pashtunistan]] – the area of [[Afghanistan]] and [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|North-Western Pakistan]] historically inhabited by the [[Pashtuns|Pashtun]] tribes
* [[Qabailistan]] – a region in western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
* [[Quhistan]] – a region of medieval [[Iran|Persia]], essentially the southern part of [[Greater Khorasan]]
* [[Registan]] – historic site in [[Ipriyanshu rohilaarkand]], meaning "place of sand"
* [[Russian Turkestan]] – Turkestan in the [[Russian Empire]], later [[Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic|Turkestan Autonomous SSR]]
* [[Sistan|Sakastan]] or Sistan – a historical and geographical region in present-day eastern Iran (Sistan and Baluchestan Province) and southern Afghanistan
* [[Saraikistan]] – a region in the south-western part of Punjab, Pakistan, with a majority of Saraiki speakers
* [[South Waziristan]] – southern part of [[Waziristan]] region in [[Pakistan]]
* [[Talyshstan (region)|Talyshstan]] – ethnolinguistic region in the SE [[Caucasus]] and NW [[Iran]]
* [[Tatarstan]] – administrative division of [[Russia]] in eastern [[Europe]]
* [[Bactria#Tokharistan|Tokharistan]], Tocharistan or Tukharistan, also known as [[Balkh]] or Bactria – the ancient name of a [[historical region]] in Central Asia, located between the range of the [[Hindu Kush]] and the [[Amu Darya]] (Oxus)
* [[Turan (Sasanian province)|Turgistan]] or Turestan – a Sasanian province
* [[Turkestan]] or Turkistan – ethnolinguistic region of Turkic peoples and languages, encompassing Central Asia, northwest China, parts of the Caucasus, and Asia Minor
* Uyghurstan, China, same as [[East Turkestan]]
* [[Waziristan]] – a region of northwest [[Pakistan]]

== Historical Regions ==
* [[Frangistan]] – a historical term used (by Muslims and Persians in particular) to refer to Western or Christian Europe.
* [[Kabulistan]] – a historical name of the territory centered around present-day [[Kabul Province]] of Afghanistan.
* [[Lazistan]] – a historical and cultural region of the Caucasus and Anatolia, traditionally inhabited by the [[Laz people]].
* [[Moghulistan]] (Mughalistan) – a historical area in Central Asia that included parts of modern-day Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and [[Xinjiang]]
* [[Tabaristan]] – a historical mountainous region located on the Caspian coast of [[Northern Iran]].
* [[Zabulistan]] – a historical region roughly corresponding to today's [[Zabul Province]] in southern Afghanistan.

== Proposed names ==
* [[Bangalistan]] – a [[Proposed states and union territories of India|proposed state]] in India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sabrangindia.in/article/turmoil-north-east-demand-bangalistan|title=Turmoil in the North East: The demand for Bangalistan|website=SabrangIndia|language=en|access-date=16 April 2020|archive-date=28 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128134544/https://www.sabrangindia.in/article/turmoil-north-east-demand-bangalistan|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Khalistan movement|Khalistan]] – a proposed country for the [[Punjabi Sikhs|Sikh]] people.
* [[Maronites|Maronistan]] – a proposed name for [[Maronite Church|Maronite state]] in Lebanon during the [[Lebanese Civil War]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/15th-july-1978/9/lebanese-solution|title=Lebanese solution " 15 Jul 1978 " The Spectator Archive|website=The Spectator Archive|access-date=19 August 2018|archive-date=20 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820005719/http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/15th-july-1978/9/lebanese-solution|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Romanistan]] – a proposed country for the Romani people.
* [[Saraikistan]] – a [[Proposed provinces of Pakistan|proposed province]] in Pakistan.
* [[Zaza nationalism|Zazaistan]] – a suggested name for the region where the [[Zazas]] live.

== Fictional ==
* Adjikistan – a fictional central Asian country in the video game ''[[SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Combined Assault]]''.
* Aldastan – a fictional central Asian country consisting of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, from ''[[Command & Conquer: Generals]]''.
* Antagonistan – a fictional country in ''[[Heavy Weapon]]''
* Ardistan – a fictional country in the novel ''Ardistan und Djinnistan'' by [[Karl May]].
* Avgatiganistan – a pun of 'Afghanistan', it means '[[Fried egg]]s' ('Avga tiganista') in Greek. Fictional country by author [[Eugene Trivizas]].
* [[List of Mobile Suit Gundam 00 characters#Other characters|Azadistan]] – a fictional kingdom from the anime [[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]; it means "free land".
* Azmanastan (or Uzmenistan) – a fictional country and region in the film ''[[The Expendables 3]]''.
* Bananastan – A fictional country from the [[Popeye the Sailor]] comic book series, which was ruled by Saddam Shahame, a parody of [[Saddam Hussein]], an [[Iraq|Iraqi]] dictator.
* Bangistan – a fictional country in the [[Bollywood]] movie [[Bangistan]] (2015) starring [[Riteish Deshmukh]] and [[Pulkit Vamshi4881rat]].
* Bazrakhistan – a fictional former Soviet republic in the movie ''Act of War'' (1998) starring [[Jack Scalia]].
* Belgistan – a fictional Middle Eastern country in the [[anime]] ''[[Gasaraki]]''.
* Berzerkistan – a fictional republic run by genocidal terrorist godhead and [[President for life]], Trff Bmzklfrpz, in the comic strip ''[[Doonesbury]]''.
* Brajikistan – a fictional country from season 2 of the teen sitcom ''[[Wingin' It]]''.
* Capustan – a fictional city-state in ''[[Malazan Book of the Fallen]]''.
* Cobrastan – a fake fictional country made up by a character named Jorji Costava in his passport from the game ''[[Papers, Please]].''
* Darujhistan – a fictional city-state in ''[[Malazan Book of the Fallen]]''.
* Derkaderkastan – a fictional Middle Eastern country in ''[[Team America: World Police]]''.
* Djinnistan – a fictional country in the novel ''Ardistan und Djinnistan'' by Karl May.
* Franistan – a fictional country referred to in the television show ''[[I Love Lucy]]''.
* Frigistan – a fictional country in ''[[Heavy Weapon]]''
* Hachmachistan – fictional country in ''[[Kickin' It]]''
* Helmajistan – a fictional area from the anime ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]''.
* Howduyustan ("how do you stand?") – a fictional country from the ''[[Uncle Scrooge]]'' comic book stories.
* Irakistan – a fictional country in the game [[Broforce]]
* Iranistan – an oriental region of [[Hyborian Age|Hyborea]] (''[[Conan the Barbarian]] stories'').
* Istan – a fictional island state in the online role-playing game, ''[[Guild Wars Nightfall]]''.
* Jazeristan – fictional country in the movie ''[[The Misfits (2021 film)|The Misfits]]''.
* Kamistan (Islamic Republic of) – a fictional Middle Eastern country featured in the television series ''[[24 (season 8)|24]]''.
* Kazanistan – an ideal state imagined by [[John Rawls]] in ''[[The Law of Peoples]]'', in which there is a system of law, legal representation for all groups, and a respect for basic human rights, but not full democracy.
* Kehjistan – the state of the eastern jungles in the game ''[[Diablo II]]''.
* [[Pepe the Frog#Kekistan|Kekistan]] – a fictional country created by 4chan members that has become a political meme and online movement.
* Kerakhistan – a fictional Middle Eastern country featured in the tabletop miniature wargame ''[[Mongoose Publishing|Battlefield Evolution]]''.
* Kerplakistan – fictional country in ''[[Big Time Rush]]''
* Kreplachistan – a fictional country in the ''[[Austin Powers]]'' film series.
* Langbortistan – a fictional country in the Danish ''[[Donald Duck]]'' cartoons
* Lojbanistan – the fictional country [[Lojban]]ists imagine themselves inhabiting<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mw.lojban.org/papri/Lojbanistan|title=Lojbnaistan|work=lojban wiki|access-date=30 March 2017|archive-date=31 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331030632/https://mw.lojban.org/papri/Lojbanistan|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Cowan|first=John Waldemar|title=The Complete Lojban Language|chapter-url=http://www.lojban.org/publications/reference_grammar/chapter1.html|edition=First|year=1997|publisher=The Logical Language Group|location=Fairfax, VA, US|language=English|isbn=0-9660283-0-9|page=3|chapter=1|access-date=30 March 2017|archive-date=2 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170402142427/http://www.lojban.org/publications/reference_grammar/chapter1.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Moldovistan – a fictional island country in ''[[The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest]]''.
* Obristan – a fictional country in ''[[Papers, Please]]''.
* [[Paristan]] or Pari-estan – a ''[[fairy]]land'' in the folklore of Middle East, South Asia, and Central Asia.
* [[Superman vs. The Elite|Pokolistan]] – a fictional country in ''[[DC Comics]]''.
* Serdaristan – a fictional country in ''[[Battlefield: Bad Company]]''.
* Skandistan - a fictional country in western Russia in [[The Times of Rice and Salt]]
* Stanistan<ref>{{cite web | url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt4136014/ | title=Stanistan (TV Movie 2015) - IMDb | website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref>
* Taboulistan – a fictional country in ''[[Vive la France]]''
* Takistan – a fictional country in ''[[ARMA 2: Operation Arrowhead]]''.
* Tazbekistan – a fictional central Asian nation in the BBC television series ''[[Ambassadors (TV series)|Ambassadors]]''.
* Trashcanistan – a fictional country mentioned by the hosts of "[[Most Extreme Elimination Challenge|MXC]]".
* Turaqistan – a fictional country in the movie ''[[War, Inc.]]''
* Turgistan – a fictional central Asian dictatorship in ''[[6 Underground (film)|6 Underground]]''.
* Turmezistan – a fictional country in ''[[Saadath Mohi-ud-din Who]]''.
* Tyrgyzstan – a fictional country in the BBC television drama ''[[The State Within]]''.
* [[Urzikstan]] – a fictional country in [[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019 video game)]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/games/2019/may/31/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-reboot-controversy-activision|title=Call of Duty: Modern Warfare returns to tread a moral minefield|last=Stuart|first=Keith|work=The Guardian|access-date=25 September 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=25 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925003729/https://www.theguardian.com/games/2019/may/31/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-reboot-controversy-activision|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Ustinkistan – fictional country in ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]''
* Yakyakistan – a fictional northern country in ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]''.
* [[Full Spectrum Warrior|Zekistan]] – a fictional central Asian nation in the video game ''[[Full Spectrum Warrior]]''.

== Other ==
* [[Absurdistan]] – sometimes used to satirically describe a country where everything goes wrong
* [[Empire of Angyalistan|Angyalistan]] – a [[micronation]] that claims garbage patches in [[international waters]]
* Autistan – the "metaphorical country" of the autistic people
* Bailoutistan (or Bailoutistan 2.0) - sarcastic term for Greece following the European Union bail out packages, coined by Yanis Varoufakis in his book 'Adults in the Room: My Battle With the European and American Deep Establishment'
* [[Bimaristan]] – a kind of hospital in medieval Persia and the medieval Islamic world
* [[Wikibiotish Pakistanis#Bradford|Bradistan]] – a moniker for [[Bradford]], England, owing to its large population of Pakistani worker migrants
* [[Anti-Canadian sentiment#United States|Canuckistan]] (full name being The People's Republic of Soviet Canuckistan) – [[epithet]] for Canada, used by [[Pat Buchanan]] on 31 October 2002, on his television show on [[MSNBC]] in which he denounced Canadians as anti-American and the country as a haven for terrorists. He was reacting to Canadian criticisms of US security measures regarding [[Arab Canadians]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/bombcanadaotheru0000alla|url-access=registration|quote=soviet%20canuckistan%20arab%20canadians.|title=Bomb Canada: And Other Unkind Remarks in the American Media|last=Allan|first=Chantal|publisher=Athabasca University Press|isbn=978-1-897425-49-7|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bombcanadaotheru0000alla/page/84 84]–85|language=en}}</ref>
* Cavaquistan (''Cavaquistão'' in [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]) – a name coined after the former [[President of Portugal|Portuguese President]] and Prime-Minister [[Aníbal Cavaco Silva]], referring to the regions of Portugal where he achieved landslide victories in the elections held in the late 1980s and early 1990s (especially in the [[Viseu District]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://visao.sapo.pt/atualidade/politica/2019-10-06-cavaquistao-continua-irredutivel-e-a-votar-laranja/|title=Cavaquistão continua irredutível e a votar laranja ("Cavaquistan remains unyielding and voting orange") (in Portuguese)|newspaper=Visão|access-date=26 August 2020|archive-date=3 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003182449/https://visao.sapo.pt/atualidade/politica/2019-10-06-cavaquistao-continua-irredutivel-e-a-votar-laranja/|url-status=live}}</ref>); intended pun with Kazakhstan (''Cazaquistão'' in Portuguese<ref>{{cite book|author=Carla Fernandes|title=Multimodality and Performance|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qOX6DAAAQBAJ&q=cavaquist%C3%A3o+cavaquistan&pg=PA27|publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing|isbn=978-1-4438-9465-4|page=27|access-date=1 October 2020|archive-date=10 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410094013/https://books.google.com/books?id=qOX6DAAAQBAJ&q=cavaquist%C3%A3o+cavaquistan&pg=PA27|url-status=live}}</ref>)
* [[Dalitstan.org]] – a [[Dalit]] advocacy website active until mid-2006,<ref>{{cite book|author=Dibyesh Anand|title=Hindu Nationalism in India and the Politics of Fear|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lbpfAQAAQBAJ&pg=PT34|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=978-0-230-36263-5|pages=34–}}</ref> one of 18 websites that were blocked by the Indian government to check for hate messages following the [[2006 Mumbai train bombings]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-07-19/india/27816956_1_govt-blocks-check-terror-websites|title=Govt blocks 18 sites to check hate messages|newspaper=The Times of India|access-date=15 December 2015|archive-date=27 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527095335/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-07-19/india/27816956_1_govt-blocks-check-terror-websites|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Extremistan and Mediocristan – used by author [[Nassim Nicholas Taleb]] to illustrate concepts of [[black swan theory]] in ''[[The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable]]''
* [[Filmistan]] – a film-production company
* [[Fondukistan monastery|Fondukistan]] or Fondoqestān – an early medieval settlement and Buddhist monastery in Afghanistan
* [[Gazimestan]] – name of a monument commemorating the historical [[Battle of Kosovo]]
* Hookturnistan – satirical name of Melbourne, Victoria, due to the large number of hook turns on city roads
* [[Hamastan]] – a concept of a Palestinian Islamic government with [[Sharia]] as law
* [[Iranistan]] – a pseudo-orientalist mansion built for P. T. Barnum in 1848 in Connecticut
* [[Islamistan]] – means 'Land of Islam', used in various contexts
* [[Londonistan]] – French counter-terrorism agents gave the Walk With Wikitish/English capital of London this [[sobriquet]]. Sometimes used derogatorily to refer to the large immigrant, especially Muslim, population in London.
* [[Muristan]] – a complex of streets and shops in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem
* ''[[New Yorkistan]]'' – the title of the cover art for the 10 December 2001, edition of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' magazine
** The New Yorkistan map itself included various districts ending in ''-stan'', e.g., Bronxistan, Cold Turkeystan, Fuhgeddabouditstan, Gaymenistan, Taxistan, Youdontunderstandistan, etc.
* Orbánistan – a derogatory term for Hungary under the rule of [[Viktor Orbán]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Ruler of Orbánistan|url=https://www.aspen.review/article/2017/the-ruler-of-orbanistan/|access-date=13 March 2022|website=Aspen Institute Central Europe|language=cs|archive-date=13 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813060919/https://www.aspen.review/article/2017/the-ruler-of-orbanistan/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Chitrasen pradhanpaganism in Minnesota|Paganistan]] – the pagan/neo-pagan community of Minneapolis-Saint Paul in Minnesota<ref name="Murphy Pizza" />
* [[Barbara Kay controversy|Quebecistan]] – a term coined by Barbara Kay in 2006 in reference to [[Quebec]], [[Canada]].
* [[Sarvestan Palace|Sarvestan]] – a Sasanian-era palace in the Iranian province of Sarvestan
* [[Shabestan]] – an underground space, usually found in the traditional architecture of mosques, houses, and schools in ancient Persia
* [[Shahrestan (disambiguation)|Shahrestan]] (several meanings)
* [[Skateistan]] – a skateboarding/educational organization based in Kabul, Afghanistan
* Talibanistan – a name for the government of [[Afghanistan]] under the [[Taliban]]
* [[Zaqistan]] – a [[micronation]] currently in [[Nevada]]

== See also ==
{{Div col}}
* [[-abad]]
* [[-an]]
* [[-desh]]
* [[-land]]
* [[-patnam]]
* [[Pur (placename element)|-pur]]
* [[-tania]]
* [[Oikonyms in Western and South Asia]]
{{Div col end}}

== Notes ==
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== References ==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="Murphy Pizza">{{Cite book|last=Pizza|first=Murphy|date=2009|contribution=Schism as midwife: how conflict aided the birth of a contemporary Pagan community|editor-last=Lewis|editor-first=James R.|editor-link=James R. Lewis (scholar)|editor2-last=Lewis|editor2-first=Sarah M.|title=Sacred schisms: how religions divide|location=Cambridge|publisher=Cambridge University Press|pages=249–261|isbn=978-0-511-58071-0|url=http://81.70.242.211/eab/manual/Publisher/Cambridge%20University%20Press%20www.cambridge.org/sacred%20schisms%20how%20religions%20divide%209780521881470%2049080%20%5B351%5D.pdf#page=261|access-date=25 May 2011|quote=[...] the Pagan community of the Minnesota Twin Cities, otherwise known by members as 'Paganistan.'|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810234002/http://81.70.242.211/eab/manual/Publisher/Cambridge%20University%20Press%20www.cambridge.org/sacred%20schisms%20how%20religions%20divide%209780521881470%2049080%20%5B351%5D.pdf#page=261|archive-date=10 August 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
<ref name="hayyim-dictionary">{{citation|last=Hayyim|first=Sulayman|title=New Persian-English Dictionary|chapter-url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/steingass_query.py?qs=%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86&searchhws=yes|chapter=ستان|year=1892|page=30|volume=2|location=Tehran|publisher=Librairie imprimerie Béroukhim|access-date=25 October 2020|archive-date=28 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028212228/https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/steingass_query.py?qs=%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86&searchhws=yes|url-status=live}} Quote= ستان (p. V2-0030) ستان (۲) Suffix meaning 'a place abounding in'. Ex. گلستان a flower or rose-garden. Syn. زار See گازار Note. This suffix is pronounced stan or setan after a vowel, as in بوستان boostan, a garden, and هندوستان hendoostan, India; and estan after a consonant. Ex. گلستان golestan, and ترکستان torkestan. However, for poetic license, after a consonant also, it may be pronounced setan. Ex. گلستان golsetan</ref>
<ref name="steingass-dictionary">{{citation|last=Steingass|first=Francis Joseph|title=A Comprehensive Persian-English Dictionary|chapter-url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/hayyim_query.py?qs=%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86&searchhws=yes|chapter=ستان|page=655|quote=stān (after a vowel), istān (after a consonant), Place where anything abounds, as ḵẖurmāstān, A palm-grove, gulistān, A flower-garden, &c.|access-date=25 October 2020|archive-date=28 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028214620/https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/hayyim_query.py?qs=%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86&searchhws=yes|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}

== Sources ==
* {{cite book|title=Sasanian Persia: The Rise and Fall of an Empire|year=2014|publisher=I.B.Tauris|last=Daryaee|first=Touraj|author-link=Touraj Daryaee|pages=1–240|isbn=978-0857716668|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LU0BAwAAQBAJ}}
* {{EI3|last=Ghereghlou|first=Kioumars|title=Bādūsbānids|year=2018|url=https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-3/badusbanids-COM_25087?s.num=3&s.f.s2_parent=s.f.book.encyclopaedia-of-islam-3&s.q=Gilan}}

== Further reading ==
* Maciuszak, Kinga. ''[http://info.filg.uj.edu.pl/zhjij/sec/store/sec-13.pdf#page=119 The Persian Suffix -(e)stān 'The Land Of']'' ''Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia'' 13 (2008): 119–140.

== External links ==
* {{OEtymD|-stan}}

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