سمرقند
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Arabic
Pronunciation
Proper noun
سَمَرْقَنْد • (samarqand) f
- Samarkand (a city in eastern Uzbekistan)
Declension
Declension of noun سَمَرْقَنْد (samarqand)
| Singular | basic singular diptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | — | سَمَرْقَنْد samarqand |
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| Nominative | — | سَمَرْقَنْدُ samarqandu |
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| Accusative | — | سَمَرْقَنْدَ samarqanda |
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| Genitive | — | سَمَرْقَنْدَ samarqanda |
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Chagatai
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian سمرقند (samarqand).
Proper noun
سمرقند (samarqand)
- Samarkand (a city in modern-day Uzbekistan)
Descendants
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian سمرقند (samarqand), from Middle Persian 𐮐𐮋𐮊𐮉𐮌𐮃 (smlknd /samarkand/), itself from Sogdian 𐼼𐼺𐼰𐽀𐼸𐼻𐼹𐼳 (smʾrknδh /*Smā́rkąθ/).
Proper noun
سمرقند • (semerkand)
- Samarkand (a city in eastern Uzbekistan)
Derived terms
- سمرقندی (semerkandî, “pertaining to Samarkand”)
Descendants
- Turkish: Semerkant
Further reading
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “سمرقند”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 2671
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سمرقند”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1077
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian 𐮐𐮋𐮊𐮉𐮌𐮃 (smlknd /samarkand/), borrowed from Sogdian 𐼼𐼺𐼰𐽀𐼸𐼻𐼹𐼳 (smʾrknδh /*Smā́rkąθ/).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | samarqand |
| Dari reading? | samarqand |
| Iranian reading? | samarğand |
| Tajik reading? | samarqand |
Proper noun
| Dari | سمرقند |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | Самарқанд |
سمرقند • (samarqand)
- Samarkand (a city in eastern Uzbekistan)
Derived terms
- سمرقندی (samarqandi)
Descendants
- → Chagatai: سمرقند
- → Ottoman Turkish: سمرقند (semerkand)
- Turkish: Semerkant
- → Russian: Самарка́нд (Samarkánd), Самарка́ндъ (Samarkánd) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
- → English: Samarkand
- → Urdu: سمرقند (samarqand)
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian سمرقند (samarqand).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /sə.məɾ.qənd̪/
Proper noun
سمرقند • (samarqand) ?
- Samarkand (a city in eastern Uzbekistan)