Kazakh

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Alternative scripts
Arabic شىمكەنت
Cyrillic Шымкент
Latin Şymkent
Yañalif Cьmkent
 
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Etymology

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Nativized form of Russian Чимке́нт (Čimként), itself from Uzbek Chimkent, ultimately from Sogdian.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʃəmˈkʲint/, [ʃɯmˈkʲɪnt]
  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

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Шымкент (Şymkent)

  1. Shymkent (a city in Kazakhstan)
    Ол пойызбен Шымкентке барады.
    Ol poiyzben Şymkentke barady.
    He is going to Shymkent by train.

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Russian: Шымке́нт (Šymként)

Russian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Kazakh Шымкент (Şymkent). Replaced Чимке́нт (Čimként) from 8 September 1992.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Шымке́нт (Šymkéntm inan (genitive Шымке́нта, relational adjective шымке́нтский)

  1. Shymkent
    Он в Шымке́нт е́дет на по́езде.
    On v Šymként jédet na pójezde.
    He is going to Shymkent by train.

Usage notes

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The modern standard form Шымке́нт (Šymként), borrowed directly from Kazakh, goes against the rules of Russian orthography, which state that the sound IPA(key): [ɨ] should always be written with the letter и (i) if it follows ш (š) or ж (ž). For this reason, Russian-language media outside of Kazakhstan prefer to use the older form Чимке́нт (Čimként).

Declension

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