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Anonymous United States 6/26/2025, 2:00:30 AM No.212121278 >>212121301 >>212121543 >>212122694
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Why do all these countries end with "stan" if that's a Persian thing and Tajikistan is the only actual Persian country here?
Anonymous Germany 6/26/2025, 2:01:49 AM No.212121301 >>212121322
>>212121278 (OP)
Because they were influenced by Persia. They all celebrated the Persian New Year for example. Also, all their intellectual elite like Al-Farabi spoke Persian back in the day.
Anonymous Germany 6/26/2025, 2:02:51 AM No.212121322
>>212121301
*they all celebrate (to this day)
Anonymous Turkey 6/26/2025, 2:13:12 AM No.212121499
persia was lingua franca of east. elites of east always spoke persian.
Anonymous Georgia 6/26/2025, 2:15:36 AM No.212121543 >>212121591
>>212121278 (OP)
There's also Hayastan right there
Anonymous United States 6/26/2025, 2:18:14 AM No.212121591 >>212121625
>>212121543
gürcistan
Anonymous United States 6/26/2025, 2:19:22 AM No.212121614
it was the dominant culture at the time
Anonymous Georgia 6/26/2025, 2:19:49 AM No.212121625
>>212121591
We don't say that but Armenians say Hayastan
Anonymous Malaysia 6/26/2025, 3:16:54 AM No.212122694
>>212121278 (OP)
My tea's gone cold, I'm wondering why...