Topic summary
Hazaristan
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Hazarajat.
Etymology and usage
The Hazara people and surrounding peoples use the names "Hazarajat" or "Hazaristan" to identify the historic Hazara lands. "Hazarajat" is a compound of "Hazara" and the Persian suffix "jat", which is used to make words associated with land in the south, central and west Asia and "Hazaristan" is a compound of "Hazara" and the Persian suffix ـستان-stan means "land" or "place of".