English
Turkestan
Turkestan comes from Persian ترکستان.
- Persianc. 900–presentترکستانtorkestân
- Englishearliest quotation 1930Turkestan
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Persianc. 900–presentترکستانtorkestân
- Englishearliest quotation 1930Turkestan
Earliest quotation: 1930, Owen Lattimore, Suget and Karakoram: “Men, women, and children were p'a-hsia (squatting, as a…”
Equivalent to Turk + -estan
Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k
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Byzantine Greek Τοῦρκος
Medieval Latin Turcus
Old French Turc
Middle English Turke
English Turk
Every English word from Persian ترکستان
Today it means
name 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.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Persian ترکستان / Turkestan