# Dardistan

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A region comprising northern Pakistan, Jammu and Kashmir, and parts of northeastern Afghanistan, inhabited by the Dards.

## Etymology
From Dard + -stan; coined by Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/dardistan