لهستان

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From له (Leh, “Pole; Poland”) +‎ ـستان (-istan, “-land”), from Old Ruthenian лѧхъ (ljax, “Pole”), from Old East Slavic лѧхъ (lęxŭ, “Pole”), from Proto-Slavic *lęxъ (“heath-dweller”).

Proper noun

لهستان • (Lehistan)

1. Poland (a country in Central Europe)

Synonyms

• له (Leh)

Descendants

• Turkish: Lehistan

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “لهستان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1084

Persian

Etymology

له (lah, “Lech”) +‎ ـستان (-estân, “place of”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [la.his.ˈtɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [lä.ɦɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [lä.ɦɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [lä.jɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [lä.jis.t̪ʰɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [læ.ɦes.t̪ʰɒ́ːn], [le.ɦes.t̪ʰɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [lä.ɦis.t̪ʰɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	lahistān
Dari reading?	lahistān
Iranian reading?	lahestân, lehestân
Tajik reading?	lahiston

Proper noun

Dari	لهستان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Лаҳистон

لَهِسْتان or لِهِسْتان • (lahestân or lehestân)

1. Poland (a country in Central Europe)
2. (archaic) land of the Lechites

Related terms

• لهستانی (lahestâni)
• له (lah)
• لچ (lač)