Meanings
plural Bishkekers
- A native or inhabitant of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
As the Scythians mounted up, Kate spotted Patime Akhun in the crowd with a group of Women in Black who had been some of the first Bishkekers to join the protests. / “Patime,” Kate shouted, catching her attention. “Get in the truck.”
2017, Matthew Palmer, Enemy of the Good, New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 3753 more examples
Issyk-Kul's health resorts now seem a dying breed, although they still fill up with Bishkekers and local tourists in the hot months. Of at least 115 shoreline sanatoria before 1991, only a handful (mostly around Cholpon-Ata) remain open; best known is the immense Issyk-Kul Sanatorium near Cholpon-Ata.
1996 June, John King, John Noble, Andrew Humphreys, “Kyrgyzstan: Laky Issyk-Kul & the Central Tian Shan”, in Central Asia: A Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit (Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit), Hawthorn, Victoria: Lonely Planet Publications, →ISBN, page 377For many long-term Bishkekers, the claim of the ‘incomers’ (priezhie) to the city is a contested one. […] Many Bishkekers were angry that, for the second time in recent memory, state buildings had been ransacked or set on fire […] and that they would have to foot the bill.
2010 May 13, Madeleine Reeves, “The Latest Revolution”, in London Review of Books, volume 32, number 9Kumis is best sampled fresh in a yurt. Even modern Bishkekers come to kumis-drinking retreats in Song Köl Lake or Suusamyr Valley. Coincidently, the name of the Kyrgyz capital city probably derives from the word bishkek — the wooden barrel in which kumis is made.
2020 January 19, Karolina Wiercigroch, “Photo gallery: dining with nomads in Kyrgyzstan”, in National GeographicSynonyms: Bishkekian
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA native or inhabitant of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
Origin
Translations
French Bichkékien, Bichkékienne
- Bichkékiennative or inhabitant of Bishkek
- Bichkékiennenative or inhabitant of Bishkek
Hungarian biskeki
- biskekinative or inhabitant of Bishkek
Polish biszkekańczyk, biszkekanka
- biszkekańczyknative or inhabitant of Bishkek
- biszkekankanative or inhabitant of Bishkek
Russian бишкекча́нин, бишкекча́нка
- бишкекча́нин (biškekčánin)native or inhabitant of Bishkek
- бишкекча́нка (biškekčánka)native or inhabitant of Bishkek
Turkish Bişkekli
- Bişkeklinative or inhabitant of Bishkek
Cite this entry
Bishkeker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bishkeker
“Bishkeker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bishkeker. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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