Semerkant

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سمرقند (semerkand),[1] from Persian سمرقند (samarqand).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /seˈmer.kant/
  • Hyphenation: Se‧mer‧kant

Proper noun

Semerkant

  1. Samarkand (a city in Uzbekistan)

Declension

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سمرقند”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 26
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