Etymology

Samarkand

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Today it means: The regional capital of the Samarkand region, Uzbekistan. Official name: Samarqand. Full definition →

Russian Самарка́нд ← Persian سمرقند ← Sogdian 𐼼𐼺𐼰𐽀𐼸𐼻𐼹𐼳
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The story

  1. Sogdian · derived from𐼼𐼺𐼰𐽀𐼸𐼻𐼹𐼳
  2. Persian · derived fromسمرقند
  3. Russian · borrowed fromСамарка́нд
  4. English todaySamarkand

From Russian Самарка́нд (Samarkánd), from Persian سمرقند (samarqand), from Sogdian 𐼼𐼺𐼰𐽀𐼸𐼻𐼹𐼳 (smʾrknδh /⁠*Smā́rkąθ⁠/).

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