Purchaqchi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Uyghur پۇرچاقچى (purchaqchi).

Proper noun

Purchaqchi

1. 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^[1], 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^[2], 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.

Synonyms

• (from Mandarin Chinese) Puqiakeqi

Translations

township in Karakax, Hotan, Xinjiang, China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 普恰克其 (Pǔqiàkèqí)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Uyghur: پۇرچاقچى (purchaqchi)