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Tashkent

/ˌtɑːʃˈkɛnt/ · name

Meaning

  1. The capital city of Uzbekistan.
  2. A region of Uzbekistan
  3. A district of Uzbekistan

Etymology / origin

Etymology tree Chagatai تاش (taš) Chagatai کند (känd) Chagatai تاشکند (taškänd) Uzbek Toshkentbor. Russian Ташкент (Taškent)bor. English Tashkent Borrowed from Russian Ташкент (Taškent), borrowed from Uzbek Toshkent, from Chagatai تاشکند (taškänd), from تاش (taš, “stone”) + کند (känd, “city”).

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