Transoxiana

English

Etymology

From Latin Transoxiana, from trans (“beyond”) + Oxus (“Amu Darya”), literally “lands beyond Oxus”, ultimately after Arabic مَا وَراءَ النَّهْر (mā warāʔa n-nahr, literally “what is beyond the river”).

Proper noun

Transoxiana

1. (historical) An ancient portion of Central Asia, the region between the Amu Darya (Classical Oxus) and Syr Darya rivers, corresponding approximately with modern-day Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and southwest Kazakhstan.
   • 1990, James D. Tracy, editor, The Rise of Merchant Empires‎^[1], Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 358:

     The success of this trade depended upon the security of four areas- the oases south of the T'ien Shan mountains in the area known as Uyghuristan, the towns of Transoxiana, the cities of Persia, and the commercial centers of Turkey.

Synonyms

• (region between Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers): Transoxania, Sogdiana

Derived terms

• Transoxianan

Translations

ancient portion of Central Asia

• Arabic: مَا وَرَاءَ النَهْر (mā warāʔa n-nahr)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 中亞河中地區／中亚河中地区 (Zhōngyà Hézhōng Dìqū), 河中 (Hézhōng)

• Finnish: Sogdiana
• French: Transoxiane (fr) f
• German: Transoxanien (de) n
• Korean: 트란스옥시아나 (Teuranseuoksiana)
• Persian: ماوَراءُالنَهر (fa) (mâ-varâ'-on-nahr), فَرارود (fa) (farârud)
• Portuguese: Transoxiana f
• Turkish: Maveraünnehir

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃.zok.siˈɐ̃.nɐ/ [tɾɐ̃.zok.sɪˈɐ̃.nɐ], (faster pronunciation) /tɾɐ̃.zokˈsjɐ̃.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃.zok.siˈɐ̃.nɐ/ [tɾɐ̃.zok.sɪˈɐ̃.nɐ], (faster pronunciation) /tɾɐ̃.zokˈsjɐ̃.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃.zok.siˈɐ.na/ [tɾɐ̃.zok.sɪˈɐ.na], (faster pronunciation) /tɾɐ̃.zokˈsjɐ.na/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃.zɔˈksjɐ.nɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃.zɔˈksjɐ.nɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃.zɔˈksja.nɐ/

Proper noun

Transoxiana f

1. (historical) Transoxiana (a historical region in Central Asia)