Муғулистон

Tajik

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Persian مُغُولِسْتَان (muġūlistān). By surface analysis, муғул (muġul) +‎ -истон (-iston).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muɣuliston/, [mu.ʁu.lis.t̪ʰɔn]

Proper noun

Муғулистон • (Muġuliston) (Persian spelling مغولستان)

1. Mongolia (a country in East Asia)
2. (chiefly historical) Mongolia (a Mongolian-speaking geographic region in East Asia, including the country of Mongolia (Outer Mongolia), the autonomous region of Inner Mongolia in China, and sometimes also Buryatia, Tuva and the Altai Republic in Russia)
3. (historical) Moghulistan (a Mongol breakaway khanate of the Chagatai Khanate, and a historical geographic area north of the Tengri Tagh mountain range, on the border of Central Asia and East Asia)