Meanings
alternative Toqquzaq
- A town in Shufu, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
In Tokkuzak town of Kashgar, over hundred students and teachers were arrested for performing collective prayer.
2005 July 20, Rebiya Kadeer, “Letter from Rebiya Kadeer, Human Rights Activist, to the Congress of the United States”, in Falun Gong and China's Continuing War on Human Rights, →OCLC, page 33 more examples
Chinese President Xi Jinping (C) poses for a group photo with pupils and teachers of the central primary school in Tokkuzak Township, Shufu County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, April 28, 2014. Xi made an inspection tour in Xinjiang from April 27 to 30.
2014 May 4, “President Xi Jinping makes inspection tour in Xinjiang (4)”, in People's Daily, archived from the original on 02 May 2021A teacher instructs a student in calligraphy at the central primary school in Tokkuzak Township, Shufu County, the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
2017, Jia Zhao, Huang Xiaoxi, “Clapper talk, calligraphy changing Uygur life”, in Shanghai Daily, archived from the original on 07 Apr 2020The official could not say which of Gulnisa’s poems got her arrested, what crime Gulnisa had been charged with, or whether she had a trial. But he did confirm that she is serving her sentence in Mush Women’s prison in Tokkuzak (Toukezhake) township in Kashgar (Kashi) prefecture.
2021 December 15, Shohret Hoshur, “Uyghur poet imprisoned on separatism charges in China’s Xinjiang”, in Roseanne Gerin, transl., Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 15 Dec 2021Synonyms: Tuokezhake
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA town in Shufu, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
Origin
- Uyghurتوققۇزاق
- EnglishTokkuzak
From Uyghur توققۇزاق (toqquzaq).
More words from Uyghur
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Chinese Mandarin 托克扎克
- 托克扎克 (Tuōkèzhākè)town
Cite this entry
Tokkuzak. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tokkuzak
“Tokkuzak.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tokkuzak. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tokkuzak,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tokkuzak.
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