“istan” means ‘land of the’
Land of the Chicagos. Yeah, that makes sense.
so Pakistan is land of the Paks?
the prefix “de” means of so if someone is name DeVine, it’s of the vines........oooh, “that doesnt’ make sense”. what’s yer point Kemosabe?
oh AND I think Chicago is an Indian oops Native American name, so “land of the Chicagos actually does make sense, although this is a really dumb conversation
Uh, methinks he was referring to the sociopolitical content of other “istan” countries, to wit Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan - not exactly first-world economic powerhouses.