Turkestan

English

Alternative forms

Turkistan

Etymology

From Persian ‎ (Torkestân), from Middle Persian twlkstʾn' (Turkestān), from twlk' (Turk) + -stʾn' (-estān).

Proper noun

Turkestan

(historical) The regions of Central Asia lying between Siberia to the north; Tibet (Xizang) and Xinjiang, China, modern-day Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran to the south; the Gobi Desert to the east; and the Caspian Sea to the west.

Translations

a historical region in Asia

Arabic: تُرْكِسْتَان‎ m (turkistān)
Armenian: Թուրքեստան (Tʿurkʿestan)
Azerbaijani: Türküstan (az)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 突厥斯坦 (zh) (Tūjuésītǎn), 土耳其斯坦 (zh) (Tǔ'ěrqísītǎn)
Finnish: Turkestan
French: Turkestan (fr) m
German: Turkestan (de) n
Hebrew: טורקסטן‎ m (turqistan)
Hindi: तुर्केस्तान m (turkestān)
Japanese: トルキスタン (Torukisutan)
Kazakh: Түркістан (Türkistan)
Korean: 투르키스탄 (Tureukiseutan)

Kyrgyz: Түркстан (Türkstan)
Marathi: तुर्केस्तान m (turkestāna)
Middle Persian: twlkstʾn'‎ (Turkestān)
Persian: ترکستان‎ (fa) (torkestân)
Portuguese: Turquestão (pt) m
Russian: Туркеста́н (ru) m (Turkestán)
Tajik: Туркистон (Turkiston)
Turkish: Türkistan (tr)
Turkmen: Türkestan
Urdu: ترکستان‎ m (turkestān)
Uyghur: تۈركىستان‎ (türkistan)
Uzbek: Turkiston

See also

Former Russian Turkestan (before 1917 revolution):

Former Chinese Turkestan:

Tibet (Xizang)
Xinjiang

Anagrams

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