سمرقند

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.mar.qand/

Proper noun

سَمَرْقَنْد • (samarqand) f

1. Samarkand (a city in eastern Uzbekistan)

Declension

Declension of noun سَمَرْقَنْد (samarqand)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	سَمَرْقَنْد samarqand	—
Nominative	—	سَمَرْقَنْدُ samarqandu	—
Accusative	—	سَمَرْقَنْدَ samarqanda	—
Genitive	—	سَمَرْقَنْدَ samarqanda	—

Chagatai

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian سمرقند (samarqand).

Proper noun

سمرقند (samarqand)

1. Samarkand (a city in modern-day Uzbekistan)

Descendants

• Uyghur: سەمەرقەند (semerqend)
• Uzbek: Samarqand

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian سمرقند (samarqand), from Middle Persian 𐮐𐮋𐮊𐮉𐮌𐮃 (smlknd /⁠samarkand⁠/), itself from Sogdian 𐼼𐼺𐼰𐽀𐼸𐼻𐼹𐼳 (smʾrknδh /⁠*Smā́rkąθ⁠/).

Proper noun

سمرقند • (semerkand)

1. 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^[1], Vienna, column 2671
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سمرقند”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], 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): [sa.maɾ.ˈqanð]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.mäɾ.qǽn̪d̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.mäɾ.qǽn̪d̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sä.mäɾ.qǽn̪d̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sä.mäɾ.qǽn̪d̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæ.mæɹ.ɢǽn̪d̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.mäɾ.qǽn̪d̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	samarqand
Dari reading?	samarqand
Iranian reading?	samarğand
Tajik reading?	samarqand

Proper noun

Dari	سمرقند
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Самарқанд

سمرقند • (samarqand)

1. Samarkand (a city in eastern Uzbekistan)

Derived terms

• سمرقندی (samarqandi)

Descendants

• → Chagatai: سمرقند
  • Uyghur: سەمەرقەند (semerqend)
  • Uzbek: Samarqand
• → 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) ?

1. Samarkand (a city in eastern Uzbekistan)