Turkestan en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- tûrkĭstăn′
- to͞orkyĭstän′
- /ˈtɜɹkɪˌstæn/ (US)
- tûrkĭstän′
- /ˌtɜː(ɹ)kɪˈstɑːn/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˌtɜɹkɪˈstæn/ (US)
Etymology
From Persian ترکستان (torkestân), from Middle Persian twlkstʾn' (Turkestān), from twlk' (Turk) + -stʾn' (-estān). By surface analysis, Turk + -estan.
Meanings
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(historical) The regions of Central Asia lying between Siberia to the north; Tibet (Xizang) and Xinjiang, China, modern-day Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran to the south; the Gobi Desert to the east; and the Caspian Sea to the west.
Men, women, and children were p'a-hsia (squatting, as a camel squats), to use the Gobi caravan phrase, without a tent among them, but sheltered by big rocks. A little fire was being jealously fed from the small store of fuel they had brought on their pack animals, and they gave us tea. They were gravely merry and pressed on us the courtesy of the good folk of Turkestan. Old men stroked their beards and youths waited on us and women fluttered about the rim of the circle to get a glimpse of the khanum, my wife.
1930, Owen Lattimore, “Suget and Karakoram”, in High Tartary, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, →OCLC, page 344:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkistan | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Turkestani · Eastern Turkestan · Chinese Turkestan · East Turkestan Republic · East Turkestan
Relateds
Kyrgyzstan · Uzbekistan · Xinjiang · Tibet · Tajikistan · Turkmenistan · Kazakhstan
Translations (42)
hi तुरकिस्तान (a historical region in Asia) · fi Turkestan (a historical region in Asia) · tr Türkistan (a historical region in Asia) · fr Turkestan (a historical region in Asia) · ug تۈركىستان (a historical region in Asia) · bn তুর্কিস্তান (a historical region in Asia) · ky Түркстан (a historical region in Asia) · el Τουρκεστάν (a historical region in Asia) · ur تُرْکِسْتان (a historical region in Asia) · de Turkestan (a historical region in Asia) · hi तुर्कस्तान (a historical region in Asia) · es Turquestán (a historical region in Asia) · ka თურქესტანი (a historical region in Asia) · tg Туркистон (a historical region in Asia) · hi तुर्किस्तान (a historical region in Asia) · ar تُرْكِسْتَان (a historical region in Asia) · fa-ira تُرْکِسْتان (a historical region in Asia) · be Туркеста́н (a historical region in Asia) · tk Türkestan (a historical region in Asia) · ru Туркеста́н (a historical region in Asia) · uk Туркеста́н (a historical region in Asia) · cmn 突厥斯坦 (a historical region in Asia) · bg Туркеста́н (a historical region in Asia) · mn Туркестан (a historical region in Asia) · pa تُرْکِسْتَان (a historical region in Asia) · hy Թուրքեստան (a historical region in Asia) · cs Turkestán (a historical region in Asia) · mr तुर्केस्तान (a historical region in Asia) · ko 투르키스탄 (a historical region in Asia) · ja トルキスタン (a historical region in Asia) · tt Төркистан (a historical region in Asia) · he טורקסטן (a historical region in Asia) · pal twlkstʾn' (Turkestān) (a historical region in Asia) · pt Turquestão (a historical region in Asia) · cmn 土耳其斯坦 (a historical region in Asia) · kk Түркістан (a historical region in Asia) · uz Turkiston (a historical region in Asia) · tk Türküstan (a historical region in Asia) · sk Turkestan (a historical region in Asia) · ota تركستان (a historical region in Asia) · az Türküstan (a historical region in Asia) · pl Turkiestan (a historical region in Asia)