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dastan

dastan noun: an ornate form of oral history from Central Asia, generally centered on one individual who protects his tribe or people from an outside invader or enemy.

Noun

dastan (plural dastans)

  1. An ornate form of oral history from Central Asia, generally centered on one individual who protects his tribe or people from an outside invader or enemy.

Forms of dastan

pluraldastans

Origin of dastan

Borrowed from Persian داستان (“story”).

Questions about dastan

What does dastan mean?
Dastan means an ornate form of oral history from Central Asia, generally centered on one individual who protects his tribe or people from an outside invader or enemy.
What part of speech is dastan?
Dastan is a noun.
What is the plural of dastan?
The plural of dastan is dastans.

Words near dastan in the dictionary

  1. Dassows
  2. dassy
  3. dast
  4. dastaar
  5. dastaars
  6. dastan
  7. dastans
  8. dastar
  9. dastard
  10. dastarded
  11. dastardies

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