Laristan
/ˌlærɪˈstɑːn/noun
A historical region in southern Iran, also known as Larestan.
Did you know?The Persian suffix -stān means “place” or “land,” descending from an ancient Indo-European root connected with standing and location; it appears in names such as Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*steh₂-
“to stand or be in a fixed place”
Proto-Iranian
Proto-Iranian
*stāna-
“a place, settlement, or standing-place”
Middle Persian period
Middle Persian
stān
“place, region, or land”
Persian
Persian
-stān
“a place or land associated with something”
Medieval to early modern Persian
Persian
لارستان (Lārestān)
“the land or region of Lar”
Modern English
English
Laristan
“A historical region of southern Iran”