તુર્કસ્તાન

Gujarati

Alternative forms

  • તુર્કિસ્તાન (turkistān)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تُرْکِسْتَان (turkistān).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

તુર્કસ્તાન • (turkastān) n

  1. Turkey (a country located in Eastern Thrace in Southeastern Europe and Anatolia in western Asia)
    Synonym: તુર્કી (turkī)
  2. (historical) Ottoman Empire (a large former Turkish empire centered in modern Turkey that ruled over much of Southeast Europe, West Asia and North Africa from 1299 to 1922)
  3. (historical) Turkestan (a historical region in Central Asia)
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