Save Gender Masculine Usage Persian Mythology, Kazakh, Kyrgyz Scripts داستان(Persian, Kazakh Arabic) Дастан(Kazakh, Kyrgyz) Pronounced Pron. /d̪ɒːs.ˈt̪ʰɒːn/(Persian) /dɑs.ˈtɑn/(Kazakh) [key·simplify] Meaning & History Means "story, legend" in Persian. This is another name for Zal, a character in the Shahnameh epic.