Tashkand

English

Etymology

Transliteration of Persian تاشکند‎ (tâškand).

Proper noun

Tashkand

  1. Alternative form of Tashkent
    • 1878, Routes in Asia:
      From Orenburg to Tashkand merchandise is carried on camels, and the cost is computed at from R. 2-68 kopecks to R. 3-42 kopecks.
    • 1884, Sir Charles Metcalfe MacGregor, The Defence of India, page 114:
      Bokharan trade takes two directions, one to the west, the other to Tashkand.
    • 2005, Central Asia‎, page 21:
      The Muslim intellectuals called first regional conference in Tashkand in April 1917 to understand the issue confronting the land.
    • 2013, John P. Brown, The Darvishes, page 149:
      He, the same day, returned directly to Tashkand.

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