East Turkistani
East Turkistani noun: a native or inhabitant of East Turkistan.
Noun
East Turkistani (plural East Turkistanis)
- A native or inhabitant of East Turkistan
- The East Turkistan Government in Exile and the overwhelming majority of East Turkistanis across our global diaspora commemorated the 30th Anniversary of the Baren Revolution, also known as the Baren Uprising, or the Baren Massacre, which erupted on April 5, 1990 in East Turkistan's Akto County.2020 April 5, “30th Anniversary of the Baren Revolution”, in The Voice of East Turkistan, volume 1, number 3, page 17
Adjective
East Turkistani (comparative more East Turkistani, superlative most East Turkistani)
- Of or pertaining to East Turkistan, its people and culture
- A history of the Naqshbandiyya in East Turkistan cannot claim to encompass all of East Turkistani social and religious practices; Papas cannot say much about popular Sufi dhikr or ziyārat mazār pilgrimages.2007 November, Nathan Light, “30th Anniversary of the Baren Revolution”, in The Journal of Asian Studies, volume 66, number 4, page 1154
- In 1944, the East Turkistan Republic was again established by Kazakh and Uighur forces. They controlled the north-western Ghulja region from 1944 to 1949. However, the Republic was surrendered to the CCP in September 1949, when one of its political leaders, Burhan, pledged his allegiance to the CCP...2012, Anna Hayes, Cultures in Refuge: Seeking Sanctuary in Modern Australia, →ISBN, page https://books.google.com/books?id=WhQpDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT201&lpg=PT201
Forms of East Turkistani
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | East Turkistanis |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more East Turkistani |
| superlative | most East Turkistani |
Origin of East Turkistani
From East Turkistan + -i.
Questions about East Turkistani
- What does East Turkistani mean?
- East Turkistani means a native or inhabitant of East Turkistan.
- What part of speech is East Turkistani?
- East Turkistani can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of East Turkistani?
- The plural of East Turkistani is East Turkistanis.
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