Tashkent
/ˌtɑːʃˈkɛnt/
Tashkent proper noun: the capital city of Uzbekistan.
Proper noun
Tashkent
- The capital city of Uzbekistan.
- The Uzbek opera house and the Uzbek dramatic theater, both in Tashkent, are of recent origin and arose under Soviet influence.1948, Henry A. Wallace, Andrew Jacob Steiger, Soviet Asia Mission, →OCLC, →OL, page 103
- Synonyms:
- Chach
- The Uzbekistan government.
- A region of Uzbekistan
- A district of Uzbekistan
Tashkent meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
Tashkent in Hindi
- capital of Uzbekistan
- ताशकंद tāśkand, ताशकेंत tāśkẽt, ताशक़ंद tāśqand
Tashkent in Tamil
- capital of Uzbekistan
- தாஷ்கந்து tāṣkantu
Tashkent in Urdu
- capital of Uzbekistan
- تاشقند tāśqand
Tashkent in Bengali
- capital of Uzbekistan
- তাশখন্দ taśokhondo
More languagesFewer languages
- Tashkent in Sinhala
- ටෂ්කන්ට් ṭaṣkanṭ
- Tashkent in Pashto
- تاشکند tāškand
- Tashkent in Arabic
- طَشْقَنْد ṭašqand, تَشْكَنْدْ taškand, طَشْكَنْد ṭaškand, طَاشْكَنْدْ ṭāškand
- Tashkent in Malay
- Tashkent
- Tashkent in Indonesian
- Tashkent
- Tashkent in Persian
- تاشکند tâškand, تاشکنت tâškant, چاچ čâč, شاش šâš
- Tashkent in Thai
- ทาชเคนต์ táach-kén
- Tashkent in Vietnamese
- Ta-xken
- Tashkent in Myanmar
- တရှကင့်မြို့ ta.hra.kang.mrui.
Synonyms of Tashkent
Forms of Tashkent
| alternative form | Tashkand |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | Tashkend |
Origin of Tashkent
Borrowed from Russian Ташкент (Taškent), borrowed from Uzbek Toshkent, from Chagatai تاشکند (taškänd), from تاش (taš, “stone”) + کند (känd, “city”).
Words formed from Tashkent
Words that rhyme with Tashkent
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- repent
- ascent
- rent
- resent
- scent
- absent
- augment
- cement
- content
- extent
- fragment
- lent
- prevent
- anent
- consent
- dent
- dissent
- percent
- relent
- spent
- tent
- accent
- circumvent
- convent
- discontent
- intent
- invent
- went
- %
- assent
- dement
- ferment
- foment
- gent
- Gwent
- incent
- lament
- malcontent
- reinvent
- stent
- underrepresent
- attent
- big tent
- blent
- detent
- diapertent
- djent
- ent
Questions about Tashkent
- What does Tashkent mean?
- Tashkent means the capital city of Uzbekistan.
- What is Tashkent in Hindi?
- Tashkent in Hindi is ताशकंद (tāśkand), ताशकेंत (tāśkẽt), ताशक़ंद (tāśqand). See Tashkent meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Tashkent?
- Tashkent is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Tashkent?
- Tashkent is pronounced /ˌtɑːʃˈkɛnt/.
Words near Tashkent in the dictionary
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