Tashkent

English

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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/
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  • 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, →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.

Usage notes

From 1918-1924, capital of Turkestan ASSR; since 1930, capital of Uzbek SSR, which in 1991 became Republic of Uzbekistan.

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Proper noun

Tashkent f

  1. Tashkent (the capital city of Uzbekistan)
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