Turkestan
/ˌtɜː(ɹ)kɪˈstɑːn/US/ˌtɜɹkɪˈstæn/
Turkestan proper noun: 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.
Proper noun
Turkestan
- 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.
- Men, women, and children were p'a-hsia (squatting, as a camel squats), to use the Gobi caravan phrase, without a tent among them, but sheltered by big rocks. A little fire was being jealously fed from the small store of fuel they had brought on their pack animals, and they gave us tea. They were...1930, Owen Lattimore, “Suget and Karakoram”, in High Tartary, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, →OCLC, page 344
Turkestan meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Turkestan in Hindi
- a historical region in Asia
- तुर्किस्तान turkistān, तुरकिस्तान turkistān, तुर्कस्तान turkastān
Turkestan in Tamil
- துலுக்காணம்
Turkestan in Marathi
- a historical region in Asia
- तुर्केस्तान turkestān
Turkestan in Urdu
- a historical region in Asia
- تُرْکِسْتان turkistān
More languagesFewer languages
- Turkestan in Bengali
- তুর্কিস্তান turkistan
- Turkestan in Punjabi
- تُرْکِسْتَان turkistān
- Turkestan in Arabic
- تُرْكِسْتَان turkistān
Forms of Turkestan
| alternative form | Turkistan |
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Origin of Turkestan
From Persian ترکستان (torkestân), from Middle Persian twlkstʾn' (Turkestān), from twlk' (Turk) + -stʾn' (-estān). By surface analysis, Turk + -estan.
Words formed from Turkestan
Questions about Turkestan
- What does Turkestan mean?
- Turkestan means 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.
- What is Turkestan in Hindi?
- Turkestan in Hindi is तुर्किस्तान (turkistān), तुरकिस्तान (turkistān), तुर्कस्तान (turkastān). See Turkestan meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Turkestan?
- Turkestan is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Turkestan?
- Turkestan is pronounced /ˌtɜː(ɹ)kɪˈstɑːn/ (UK).
Words near Turkestan in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Turkestan (page history and authors); turkestan (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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