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tashkent

/ˌtɑːʃˈkɛnt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.51 in modern English

Syllables
tashkent
IPA
/ˌtɑːʃˈkɛnt/
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The capital city of Uzbekistan.

name

The capital city of Uzbekistan.

name

A region of Uzbekistan

name

A district of Uzbekistan

Example Sentences

Etymology

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”).

Inflected Forms

Tashkand (alternative) Tashkend (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

Tashkenter Tashkenti

Synonyms

Chach

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce tashkent?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌtɑːʃˈkɛnt/.
What does tashkent mean?
The capital city of Uzbekistan.
Where does tashkent come from?
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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