Tashkent

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Ташкент (Taškent), from Uzbek Toshkent, 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/

Proper noun

Tashkent

1. Capital of Uzbekistan.

Usage notes

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

Translations

capital of Uzbekistan

• Albanian: Tashkent m
• Arabic: طَشْقَنْد f (ṭašqand)
• Armenian: Տաշքենդ (Taškʻend)
• Azerbaijani: Daşkənd (az)
• Bashkir: Ташкент (Taşkent)
• Belarusian: Ташке́нт m (Taškjént)
• Bengali: তাশখন্দ (taśokhondo)
• Bulgarian: Ташке́нт m (Tašként)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 塔什干 (zh) (Tǎshígān)

• Czech: Taškent (cs) m
• Danish: Tasjkent
• Dutch: Tasjkent
• Esperanto: Taŝkento (eo)
• Estonian: Toshkent (et), Taškent
• Finnish: Taškent (fi)
• French: Tachkent (fr)
• Georgian: ტაშკენტი (ṭašḳenṭi)
• German: Taschkent (de) n
• Greek: Τασκένδη (el) (Taskéndi)
• Hebrew: טַשְׁקֶנְט (tashkent)
• Hindi: ताशकंद m (tāśkand), ताशकेंत m (tāśkẽt)
• Hungarian: Taskent (hu)
• Irish: Taiscint f, Tashkent
• Japanese: タシケント (Tashikento)
• Kazakh: Ташкент (Taşkent)
• Korean: 타슈켄트 (Tasyukenteu)
• Kyrgyz: Ташкен (Taşken)
• Latvian: Taškenta f
• Lithuanian: Taškentas m
• Macedonian: Ташкент m (Taškent)
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• Manchu: ᡨᠠᡧᡳᡤᠠᠨ (tašigan)
• Mongolian: Ташкент (Taškent)
• Navajo: Tʼashkʼen
• Pashto: تاشکند m (tāškand)
• Persian: تاشکند (tâškand)
• Polish: Taszkent (pl) m
• Portuguese: Tashkent (pt) f, Tasquente f
• Romanian: Tașkent
• Russian: Ташке́нт (ru) m (Tašként)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ташкент m

  Roman: Taškent (sh) m

• Slovak: Taškent (sk) m
• Slovene: Taškent m
• Swedish: Tasjkent (sv)
• Tajik: Тошканд (tg) (Toškand)
• Tatar: Ташкәнт (Taşkänt)
• Thai: ทาชเคนต์ (táach-kén)
• Tibetan: ཐ་ཧྲི་ཀན (tha hri kan)
• Turkish: Taşkent (tr)
• Turkmen: Daşkent
• Ukrainian: Ташке́нт (uk) m (Tašként)
• Urdu: تاشقند m (tāśqand)
• Uyghur: تاشكەنت (tashkent)
• Uzbek: Toshkent

  Cyrillic: Тошкент (Toshkent)

• Written Oirat: ᡐᠠᠱᡍᡄᠨ (tašken)

See also

• Chach

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Tasquente

Proper noun

Tashkent f

1. Tashkent (the capital city of Uzbekistan)