Purchaqchi
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Uyghur پۇرچاقچى (purchaqchi).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Purchaqchi
- A township in Karakax, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang, China.
- 2014 July 30, Shohret Hoshur, Joshua Lipes, “Wife of Party Official Killed in Xinjiang ‘Revenge Attack’”, in Mamatjan Juma, transl., Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on August 9, 2014:
- Jumaq, head of Ayaq Purchaqchi village in Purchaqchi township, told RFA’s Uyghur Service that he had accompanied Islam a day earlier in a raid during prayer time on a local mosque as around 200 officials and security personnel searched for six suspects they had linked to a shooting incident in May.
- 2015 March 13, Shohret Hoshur, Joshua Lipes, “Chinese Authorities Shoot ‘Suspicious’ Uyghurs Dead in Xinjiang Restaurant”, in Mamatjan Juma, transl., Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on March 15, 2015:
- He said police asked for the identification of the seven Uyghurs who were gathered at the Sherbet restaurant at a hotel in Purchaqchi township—where several incidents have resulted in bloodshed in recent months—and then attempted to search them, but were met with resistance, sparking the clash.