Save Gender Masculine Usage Persian Mythology, Kazakh, Kyrgyz Scripts داستان(Persian, Kazakh Arabic) Дастан(Kazakh, Kyrgyz) Pronounced Pron. daws-TAWN(Persian) dahs-TAHN(Kazakh) [key·IPA] Meaning & History Means "story, legend" in Persian. This is another name for Zal, a character in the Shahnameh epic.