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sistan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.78 in modern English

Syllables
sis-tan
IPA
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A province in eastern Iran; in full, Sistan and Baluchestan.

name

A geographic region of the eastern Iranian Plateau in eastern Iran and southern Afghanistan; inhabited by the Scythian Saka tribe between the 2nd century BCE and 1st century CE.

name

Former name of Zabol.

Etymology

From Persian سیستان (sistân), from earlier Persian سجستان (sajestân), from سکاستان (sakâstân), from Old Persian *Sakastānah.

Derived Forms

Sistani

Questions

What does sistan mean?
A province in eastern Iran; in full, Sistan and Baluchestan.
Where does sistan come from?
From Persian سیستان (sistân), from earlier Persian سجستان (sajestân), from سکاستان (sakâstân), from Old Persian *Sakastānah.

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