Arabic
Etymology
From Persian سیستان (sistân), from earlier Persian سجستان (sajestân), from سکاستان (sakâstân), from Old Persian *Sakastānah.
Proper noun
سِيسْتَان • (sīstān) f
- Sistan, a province in eastern Iran.
- Sistan, a region of the eastern Iranian Plateau.
- (archaic) older name for the city of Zabol