Туркистон

Tajik

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Persian تُرْکِسْتَان (turkistān). By surface analysis, турк (turk) +‎ -истон (-iston).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /turkiston/, [t̪ʰuɾ.kʰis.t̪ʰɔn]

Proper noun

Туркистон • (Turkiston) (Persian spelling ترکستان)

  1. (historical) Turkestan (the regions of Central Asia lying between Siberia to the north; Tibet (Xizang) and Xinjiang, China, modern-day Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran to the south; the Gobi Desert to the east; and the Caspian Sea to the west)

Uzbek

Proper noun

Туркистон (Turkiston)

  1. Cyrillic spelling of Turkiston
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