Арабистон
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Tajik[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Classical Persian عَرَبِسْتَان ('arabistān). By surface analysis, араб (arab) + -истон (-iston).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Арабистон • (Arabiston) (Persian spelling عربستان)
- Arabia (A peninsula of Western Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; includes Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates)
- (broader sense) Arabia (The region within or adjacent to the Arabian Plate; Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the Egyptian Sinai, Palestine and the United Arab Emirates)