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Bezeklik

Bezeklik proper noun: a village in Turpan, China, where the Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves are.

Proper noun

Bezeklik

  1. A village in Turpan, China, where the Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves are

Origin of Bezeklik

Borrowed from Uyghur بېزەكلىك (bëzeklik, “Bezeklik; decorated, adorned; decoration, adornment”), from بېزەك (bëzek, “decoration, ornament, adornment”) + ـلىك (-lik, “nominalisation suffix”).

Questions about Bezeklik

What does Bezeklik mean?
Bezeklik means a village in Turpan, China, where the Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves are.
What part of speech is Bezeklik?
Bezeklik is a proper noun.

Words near Bezeklik in the dictionary

  1. bezaunt
  2. bezaunts
  3. Bezawada
  4. bezazz
  5. Bezdead
  6. Bezeklik
  7. bezel
  8. bezelless
  9. bezels
  10. bezes
  11. bezesteen

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