Editing Tatarstan (section)

== Etymology ==
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"Tatarstan" derives from the name of the ethnic group—the [[Volga Tatars|Tatars]]—and the [[Persian language|Persian]] suffix ''[[-stan]]'' (meaning "state" or "country" of, an ending common to many [[Eurasia]]n countries). Another version of the Russian name is "{{lang|ru|Татария}}" ({{lang|ru-Latn|Tatariya}}), which was official along with "[[Tatar ASSR]]" during [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] rule.

Correct spelling of the Persian -stan as a suffix would use i/e after a consonant. Turkish spells Tatarstan as "Tataristan", and occasionally in Tatar, it is "Tatarıstan" (Татарыстан).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tataristan Cumhuriyeti – Tikaret |url=https://ticaret.gov.tr/data/5bcc5d4813b876034cfece26/Tataristan_2023.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Татарыстан – туган жирем минем |url=https://stihi.ru/2012/04/01/10759}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=ستان |url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/steingass_query.py?qs=%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86&searchhws=yes |website=A Comprehensive Persian-English Dictionary| date=1892 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028212228/https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/steingass_query.py?qs=%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86&searchhws=yes | archive-date=28 October 2020 }}</ref>