Ashgabat

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkmen Aşgabat, from Classical Persian عشق‌آباد ('išq-ābād, literally “city of Ashk”), compound of عشق ('išq, “Ashk”) +‎ آباد (ābād, “city”), Ashk/Arshk being the name of the founder of the Iranian dynasty of the Arsacids.

Proper noun

Ashgabat

  1. The capital and largest city of Turkmenistan.

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    Portuguese

    Proper noun

    Ashgabat f

    1. Ashgabat (the capital city of Turkmenistan)
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