Etymology

Chardzhou

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Today it means: Former name of Türkmenabat: a city in Turkmenistan. Full definition →

Russian Чарджо́у ← Persian چهارجوی
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The story

  1. Persian · derived fromچهارجوی
  2. Russian · borrowed fromЧарджо́у
  3. English todayChardzhou

Borrowed from Russian Чарджо́у (Čardžóu), ultimately from Persian چهارجوی (čahârjuy, literally “four canals”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.