"Turkestan" meaning in All languages combined

See Turkestan on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

IPA: /ˌtɜː(ɹ)kɪˈstɑːn/ [UK], /ˌtɜɹkɪˈstæn/ [US], /ˈtɜɹkɪˌstæn/ [US]
Etymology: From Persian ترکستان (torkestân), from Middle Persian twlkstʾn' (Turkestān), from twlk' (Turk) + -stʾn' (-estān). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fa|ترکستان|tr=torkestân}} Persian ترکستان (torkestân), {{cog|pal|twlkstʾn'|tr=Turkestān}} Middle Persian twlkstʾn' (Turkestān), {{m|pal|twlk'|tr=Turk}} twlk' (Turk), {{m|pal|-stʾn'|tr=-estān}} -stʾn' (-estān) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Turkestan
  1. (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. Wikipedia link: Turkestan Tags: historical Synonyms: Turkistan Derived forms: Chinese Turkestan, Eastern Turkestan, Turkestani, East Turkestan Republic Related terms: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Tibet (alt: Xizang), Xinjiang Translations (a historical region in Asia): تُرْكِسْتَان (turkistān) [feminine] (Arabic), Թուրքեստան (Tʻurkʻestan) (Armenian), Türküstan (Azerbaijani), Туркеста́н (Turkjestán) [masculine] (Belarusian), তুর্কিস্তান (turkistan) (Bengali), Туркеста́н (Turkestán) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 突厥斯坦 (Tūjuésītǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 土耳其斯坦 (Tǔ'ěrqísītǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), Turkestán [masculine] (Czech), Turkestan (Finnish), Turkestan [masculine] (French), თურქესტანი (turkesṭani) (Georgian), Turkestan [neuter] (German), Τουρκεστάν (Tourkestán) [neuter] (Greek), טורקסטן (turkistan) [masculine] (Hebrew), तुर्किस्तान (turkistān) [masculine] (Hindi), तुरकिस्तान (turkistān) [masculine] (Hindi), तुर्कस्तान (turkastān) [masculine] (Hindi), تُرْکِسْتان (torkestân) (Iranian Persian), トルキスタン (Torukisutan) (Japanese), Түркістан (Türkıstan) (Kazakh), 투르키스탄 (Tureukiseutan) (Korean), Түркстан (Türkstan) (Kyrgyz), तुर्केस्तान (turkestān) [masculine] (Marathi), twlkstʾn' (Turkestān) (Middle Persian), Туркестан (Turkestan) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), تركستان (Ottoman Turkish), Turkiestan [masculine] (Polish), Turquestão [masculine] (Portuguese), تُرْکِسْتَان (turkistān) [masculine] (Punjabi), Туркеста́н (Turkestán) [masculine] (Russian), Turkestan [masculine] (Slovak), Туркистон (Turkiston) (Tajik), Төркистан (Törkistan) (Tatar), Türkistan (Turkish), Türkestan (Turkmen), Türküstan (Turkmen), Туркеста́н (Turkestán) [masculine] (Ukrainian), تُرْکِسْتان (turkistān) [masculine] (Urdu), تۈركىستان (türkistan) (Uyghur), Turkiston (Uzbek)

Proper name [French]

IPA: /tyʁ.kɛs.tɑ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Pamputt-Turkestan.wav
Head templates: {{fr-proper noun|m}} Turkestan m
  1. Turkestan Tags: masculine Categories (place): Asia Derived forms: Turkestan chinois, Turkestan occidental, Turkestan oriental, Turkestan russe
    Sense id: en-Turkestan-fr-name-NxKOyG-A Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Proper name [Swedish]

Forms: Turkestans [genitive]
Head templates: {{head|sv|proper noun|genitive|Turkestans|g=c|head=}} Turkestan c (genitive Turkestans), {{sv-proper noun|c}} Turkestan c (genitive Turkestans)
  1. (historical) Turkestan Tags: common-gender, historical Categories (place): Asia
    Sense id: en-Turkestan-sv-name-NxKOyG-A Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for Turkestan meaning in All languages combined (11.3kB)

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          "ref": "1930, Owen Lattimore, “Suget and Karakoram”, in High Tartary, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, →OCLC, page 344",
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          "code": "ota",
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          "sense": "a historical region in Asia",
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          "word": "Turquestão"
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        "2": "fa",
        "3": "ترکستان",
        "tr": "torkestân"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian ترکستان (torkestân)",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pal",
        "2": "twlkstʾn'",
        "tr": "Turkestān"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian twlkstʾn' (Turkestān)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pal",
        "2": "twlk'",
        "tr": "Turk"
      },
      "expansion": "twlk' (Turk)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pal",
        "2": "-stʾn'",
        "tr": "-estān"
      },
      "expansion": "-stʾn' (-estān)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Persian ترکستان (torkestân), from Middle Persian twlkstʾn' (Turkestān), from twlk' (Turk) + -stʾn' (-estān).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Turkestan",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Kazakhstan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kyrgyzstan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Turkmenistan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Tajikistan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Uzbekistan"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Xizang",
      "word": "Tibet"
    },
    {
      "word": "Xinjiang"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English 3-syllable words",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English proper nouns",
        "English terms derived from Persian",
        "English terms suffixed with -stan",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with historical senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "English undefined derivations",
        "Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1930, Owen Lattimore, “Suget and Karakoram”, in High Tartary, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, →OCLC, page 344",
          "text": "Men, women, and children were p'a-hsia (squatting, as a camel squats), to use the Gobi caravan phrase, without a tent among them, but sheltered by big rocks. A little fire was being jealously fed from the small store of fuel they had brought on their pack animals, and they gave us tea. They were gravely merry and pressed on us the courtesy of the good folk of Turkestan. Old men stroked their beards and youths waited on us and women fluttered about the rim of the circle to get a glimpse of the khanum, my wife.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Central Asia",
          "Central Asia"
        ],
        [
          "Siberia",
          "Siberia"
        ],
        [
          "Tibet",
          "Tibet"
        ],
        [
          "Xizang",
          "Xizang"
        ],
        [
          "Xinjiang",
          "Xinjiang"
        ],
        [
          "China",
          "China"
        ],
        [
          "Pakistan",
          "Pakistan"
        ],
        [
          "Afghanistan",
          "Afghanistan"
        ],
        [
          "Iran",
          "Iran"
        ],
        [
          "Gobi Desert",
          "Gobi"
        ],
        [
          "Caspian Sea",
          "Caspian Sea"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Turkestan"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌtɜː(ɹ)kɪˈstɑːn/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌtɜɹkɪˈstæn/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɜɹkɪˌstæn/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Turkistan"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "turkistān",
      "sense": "a historical region in Asia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "تُرْكِسْتَان"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "Tʻurkʻestan",
      "sense": "a historical region in Asia",
      "word": "Թուրքեստան"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "a historical region in Asia",
      "word": "Türküstan"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "Turkjestán",
      "sense": "a historical region in Asia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Туркеста́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "turkistan",
      "sense": "a historical region in Asia",
      "word": "তুর্কিস্তান"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "Turkestán",
      "sense": "a historical region in Asia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Туркеста́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Tūjuésītǎn",
      "sense": "a historical region in Asia",
      "word": "突厥斯坦"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Tǔ'ěrqísītǎn",
      "sense": "a historical region in Asia",
      "word": "土耳其斯坦"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a historical region in Asia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Turkestán"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a historical region in Asia",
      "word": "Turkestan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a historical region in Asia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Turkestan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "turkesṭani",
      "sense": "a historical region in Asia",
      "word": "თურქესტანი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a historical region in Asia",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Turkestan"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Tourkestán",
      "sense": "a historical region in Asia",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Τουρκεστάν"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "turkistan",
      "sense": "a historical region in Asia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "טורקסטן"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "turkistān",
      "sense": "a historical region in Asia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "तुर्किस्तान"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "turkistān",
      "sense": "a historical region in Asia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "तुरकिस्तान"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "turkastān",
      "sense": "a historical region in Asia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "तुर्कस्तान"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Torukisutan",
      "sense": "a historical region in Asia",
      "word": "トルキスタン"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "Türkıstan",
      "sense": "a historical region in Asia",
      "word": "Түркістан"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Tureukiseutan",
      "sense": "a historical region in Asia",
      "word": "투르키스탄"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "Türkstan",
      "sense": "a historical region in Asia",
      "word": "Түркстан"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "turkestān",
      "sense": "a historical region in Asia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "तुर्केस्तान"
    },
    {
      "code": "pal",
      "lang": "Middle Persian",
      "sense": "a historical region in Asia",
      "word": "twlkstʾn' (Turkestān)"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "Turkestan",
      "sense": "a historical region in Asia",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "Туркестан"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "sense": "a historical region in Asia",
      "word": "تركستان"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "torkestân",
      "sense": "a historical region in Asia",
      "word": "تُرْکِسْتان"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a historical region in Asia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Turkiestan"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a historical region in Asia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Turquestão"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "turkistān",
      "sense": "a historical region in Asia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "تُرْکِسْتَان"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Turkestán",
      "sense": "a historical region in Asia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Туркеста́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "a historical region in Asia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Turkestan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "Turkiston",
      "sense": "a historical region in Asia",
      "word": "Туркистон"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "Törkistan",
      "sense": "a historical region in Asia",
      "word": "Төркистан"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a historical region in Asia",
      "word": "Türkistan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "a historical region in Asia",
      "word": "Türkestan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "a historical region in Asia",
      "word": "Türküstan"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Turkestán",
      "sense": "a historical region in Asia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Туркеста́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "turkistān",
      "sense": "a historical region in Asia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "تُرْکِسْتان"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "türkistan",
      "sense": "a historical region in Asia",
      "word": "تۈركىستان"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "a historical region in Asia",
      "word": "Turkiston"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Turkestan"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Turkestan chinois"
    },
    {
      "word": "Turkestan occidental"
    },
    {
      "word": "Turkestan oriental"
    },
    {
      "word": "Turkestan russe"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Turkestan m",
      "name": "fr-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "French 3-syllable words",
        "French entries with incorrect language header",
        "French lemmas",
        "French masculine nouns",
        "French proper nouns",
        "French terms spelled with K",
        "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "French terms with audio links",
        "fr:Asia"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Turkestan"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Turkestan",
          "Turkestan#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tyʁ.kɛs.tɑ̃/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Pamputt-Turkestan.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3a/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Pamputt-Turkestan.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Pamputt-Turkestan.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3a/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Pamputt-Turkestan.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Pamputt-Turkestan.wav.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Turkestan"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Turkestans",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "3": "genitive",
        "4": "Turkestans",
        "g": "c",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Turkestan c (genitive Turkestans)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "c"
      },
      "expansion": "Turkestan c (genitive Turkestans)",
      "name": "sv-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish common-gender nouns",
        "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swedish lemmas",
        "Swedish proper nouns",
        "Swedish terms with historical senses",
        "sv:Asia"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Turkestan"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Turkestan",
          "Turkestan#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) Turkestan"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Turkestan"
}

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