Peyzawat

English

Etymology

From Uyghur پەيزاۋات (peyzawat).

Proper noun

Peyzawat

1. Alternative form of Payzawat
   • 2008, Shohret and Gulchira, Ding Xiao, Sarah Jackson-Han, “Police Killed in New Xinjiang Clash”, in Omer Kanat, transl., Radio Free Asia‎^[1]:

     The two dead and wounded officers all belong to the Muslim Uyghur ethnic group, according to police and the chief nurse at Peyzawat [in Chinese, Jiashi] county hospital. “All of them were stabbed,” the nurse said.

   • 2018, Fred Hiatt, “China has silenced American academics for years. Now they’re pushing back.”, in Washington Post‎^[2]:

     In Peyzawat, in China's Xinjiang region, children play outside the entrance to a school ringed with barbed wire, security cameras and barricades near a sign which reads "Please use the nation's common language.”

   • 2020, “Strong quake hits China’s far west Xinjiang region”, in Associated Press‎^[3]:

     The China Earthquake Networks Center reported that a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck the region at 9:21 p.m. at a depth of 16 kilometers (10 miles). The quake’s epicenter was 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Peyzawat County and shaking was felt in the cities of Kashgar and Artux, the agency said.

Translations

Payzawat — see Payzawat