English
Samarkand
Samarkand comes from Persian سمرقند, and goes back to Sogdian 𐼼𐼺𐼰𐽀𐼸𐼻𐼹𐼳.
- Sogdianmodern𐼼𐼺𐼰𐽀𐼸𐼻𐼹𐼳smʾrknδh /*Smā́rkąθ/
- Middle Persianc. 300 BCE–900 CE𐮐𐮋𐮊𐮉𐮌𐮃smlknd
- Persianc. 900–presentسمرقندsamarqand
- RussianmodernСамарка́ндSamarkánd
- Englishearliest quotation 1829Samarkand
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Sogdianmodern𐼼𐼺𐼰𐽀𐼸𐼻𐼹𐼳smʾrknδh /*Smā́rkąθ/
- Middle Persianc. 300 BCE–900 CE𐮐𐮋𐮊𐮉𐮌𐮃smlknd
- Persianc. 900–presentسمرقندsamarqand
- RussianmodernСамарка́ндSamarkánd
- Englishearliest quotation 1829Samarkand
Earliest quotation: 1829, Edgar Allan Poe, Tamerlane: “Look ’round thee now on Samarcand! — Is she…”
Every English word from Sogdian 𐼼𐼺𐼰𐽀𐼸𐼻𐼹𐼳
Today it means
name The regional capital of the Samarkand region, Uzbekistan. Official name: Samarqand.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Sogdian 𐼼𐼺𐼰𐽀𐼸𐼻𐼹𐼳 / Samarkand