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chorasmia

/kəˈɹæzmi.ə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
choras-mia
IPA
/kəˈɹæzmi.ə/
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A large oasis geographical region on the Amu Darya river delta in western Central Asia; currently split politically between Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.

Etymology

Etymology tree Old Persian *𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼- (*u-v-a-r-) Old Persian *𐏀𐎷𐎡- (*z-mi-i-) Old Persian 𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏀𐎷𐎡𐎹 (u-v-a-r-z-mi-i-y)der. Old Persian 𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏀𐎷𐎡𐏁 (u-v-a-r-z-mi-i-š)bor. Ancient Greek Χορασμία (Khorasmía)bor. Latin Chorasmiabor. English Chorasmia From Latin Chorasmia, from Ancient Greek Χορασμία (Khorasmía), from Old Persian 𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏀𐎷𐎡𐏁 (u-v-a-r-z-mi-i-š /⁠ʰuvārazmī-⁠/).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Chorasmia, Χορασμία, 𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏀𐎷𐎡𐏁

Inflected Forms

Chorezm (alternative) Chowarazm (alternative) Harezm (alternative) Horezm (alternative) Kharezm (alternative) Kharesm (alternative) Khorasam (alternative) Khoresm (alternative) Khorezm (alternative) Khwarazm (alternative) Khwarizm (alternative) Khwarezm (alternative)

Derived Forms

Chorasmian

Questions

How do you pronounce chorasmia?
The recorded pronunciation is /kəˈɹæzmi.ə/.
What does chorasmia mean?
A large oasis geographical region on the Amu Darya river delta in western Central Asia; currently split politically between Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.
Where does chorasmia come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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