Tashkent

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Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Ташкент (Taškent), from Uzbek Toshkent, from Chagatai تاشکند (taškänd), compound of tosh (stone) + Old Turkic [script needed] (kend, city) (compare Turkish kent), the latter borrowed from Sogdian [Term?] (/⁠kand⁠/, city).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌtɑːʃˈkɛnt/, /ˌtæʃˈkɛnt/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt

Proper noun

Tashkent

  1. The capital city of Uzbekistan.
    Synonym: (former name) Chach
    • 1948, Henry A. Wallace, Andrew Jacob Steiger, Soviet Asia Mission[1], →OCLC, →OL, page 103:
      The Uzbek opera house and the Uzbek dramatic theater, both in Tashkent, are of recent origin and arose under Soviet influence.

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Tashkent f

  1. Tashkent (the capital city of Uzbekistan)