تاشکند

Chagatai

Etymology

From تاش (taš, “stone”) +‎ ـکند (-känd, “city”).

Proper noun

تاشکند • (tāšknd /taškänd/)

  1. Tashkent (the capital city of Uzbekistan)

Descendants

  • Uyghur: تاشكەنت (tashkent)
  • Uzbek: Toshkent

References

  • el-Buhari, Süleyman Özbeki (1881), Lugat-ı Çağatay ve Türki-i Osmani [Ottoman Turkish-Chagatai Dictionary]‎[1] (in Ottoman Turkish), volume 1, page 100

Persian

Alternative forms

  • تاشگند (tāšgand / tâšgand), تاشکنت (tāškant / tâškant)

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰɑːʃ.kʰán̪d̪]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [t̪ʰɑːʃ.kʰán̪d̪]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [t̪ʰɔːʃ.kʰán̪d̪̥]

Readings
Classical reading? tāškand
Dari reading? tāškand
Iranian reading? tâškand
Tajik reading? toškand

Proper noun

تاشکند • (tāškand / tâškand) (Tajik spelling Тошканд)

  1. Tashkent (the capital city of Uzbekistan)
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