The "STAN" in KURDISTAN and "FELASTAN"
I have been thinking about the word... "STAN"... you can find it as a separate word in Kurdish - which would mean "to take from" or "steal"... But you can also find it in names of Kurdistan , Afghanistan , Turkminstan, Dagistan, Kazhakhistan, Uzbekhistan, Kirgyzistan etc
"Kurdistan" pronounced "Kurd-i-stan" means: "stolen from the Kurd"
STAN can also mean "land"... So it could also be "Land of Kurds"
"FELASTAN" (I know it is written "PALESTINE" - but thats just the English version)
In Kurdish this word makes alot of sense - and we could argument that we gave that name to that area (yes we know the romans called it Phalstine").
"FELA-STAN" Means:" Taken from the Christian" - And we can go back in history and find that - "hey - Salahedin took it back from the Christian Crusaders"...
Isn't this fun? Language can be so much fun - especially the way Kurdish is - you can find the meaning of the words in ancient and almost prehistoric tones - just like the Basque peoples language... it is so old that some words are translated to names of primitive things...
"Kurdistan" pronounced "Kurd-i-stan" means: "stolen from the Kurd"
STAN can also mean "land"... So it could also be "Land of Kurds"
"FELASTAN" (I know it is written "PALESTINE" - but thats just the English version)
In Kurdish this word makes alot of sense - and we could argument that we gave that name to that area (yes we know the romans called it Phalstine").
"FELA-STAN" Means:" Taken from the Christian" - And we can go back in history and find that - "hey - Salahedin took it back from the Christian Crusaders"...
Isn't this fun? Language can be so much fun - especially the way Kurdish is - you can find the meaning of the words in ancient and almost prehistoric tones - just like the Basque peoples language... it is so old that some words are translated to names of primitive things...