Meanings
alternative Tashkand · alternative obsolete Tashkend
- The capital city of Uzbekistan.
The Uzbek opera house and the Uzbek dramatic theater, both in Tashkent, are of recent origin and arose under Soviet influence.
1948, Henry A. Wallace, Andrew Jacob Steiger, Soviet Asia Mission, →OCLC, →OL, page 103Synonyms: Chach
- A region of Uzbekistan
- A district of Uzbekistan
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe capital city of Uzbekistan.
proper nounThe Uzbekistan government.
Origin
- UzbekToshkent
- RussianТашкент (Taškent)
- EnglishTashkent
Borrowed from Russian Ташкент (Taškent), borrowed from Uzbek Toshkent, from Chagatai تاشکند (taškänd), from تاش (taš, “stone”) + کند (känd, “city”).
More words from Russian
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek Τσατσηνή
- Τσατσηνή (Tsatsēnḗ)capital of Uzbekistan
Arabic طَشْقَنْد, تَشْكَنْدْ
- طَشْقَنْد (ṭašqand)capital of Uzbekistan
- تَشْكَنْدْ (taškand)capital of Uzbekistan
- طَشْكَنْد (ṭaškand)capital of Uzbekistan
- طَاشْكَنْدْ (ṭāškand)capital of Uzbekistan
Bengali তাশখন্দ
- তাশখন্দ (taśokhondo)capital of Uzbekistan
Bulgarian Ташке́нт
- Ташке́нт (Tašként)capital of Uzbekistan
Chinese Cantonese 塔什干
- 塔什干 (taap³ sap⁶ gon¹)capital of Uzbekistan
Chinese Mandarin 塔什干
- 塔什干 (Tǎshígān)capital of Uzbekistan
Czech Taškent
- Taškentcapital of Uzbekistan
Danish Tasjkent
- Tasjkentcapital of Uzbekistan
Dutch Tasjkent
- Tasjkentcapital of Uzbekistan
Esperanto Taŝkento
- Taŝkentocapital of Uzbekistan
Estonian Toshkent, Taškent
- Toshkentcapital of Uzbekistan
- Taškentcapital of Uzbekistan
Finnish Taškent
- Taškentcapital of Uzbekistan
French Tachkent
- Tachkentcapital of Uzbekistan
German Taschkent
- Taschkentcapital of Uzbekistan
Greek Τασκένδη
- Τασκένδη (Taskéndi)capital of Uzbekistan
Hebrew טַשְׁקֶנְט
- טַשְׁקֶנְט (tashkent)capital of Uzbekistan
Hindi ताशकंद, ताशकेंत
- ताशकंद (tāśkand)capital of Uzbekistan
- ताशकेंत (tāśkẽt)capital of Uzbekistan
- ताशक़ंद (tāśqand)capital of Uzbekistan
Hungarian Taskent
- Taskentcapital of Uzbekistan
Icelandic Taskent
- Taskentcapital of Uzbekistan
Indonesian Tashkent
- Tashkentcapital of Uzbekistan
Irish Taiscint, Tashkent
- Taiscintcapital of Uzbekistan
- Tashkentcapital of Uzbekistan
Italian Tashkent
- Tashkentcapital of Uzbekistan
Japanese タシケント
- タシケント (Tashikento)capital of Uzbekistan
Korean 타슈켄트
- 타슈켄트 (Tasyukenteu)capital of Uzbekistan
Latin Taskentum
- Taskentumcapital of Uzbekistan
Latvian Taškenta
- Taškentacapital of Uzbekistan
Lithuanian Taškentas
- Taškentascapital of Uzbekistan
Malay Tashkent
- Tashkentcapital of Uzbekistan
Norwegian Bokmål Tasjkent
- Tasjkentcapital of Uzbekistan
Persian تاشکند, تاشکنت
- تاشکند (tâškand)capital of Uzbekistan
- تاشکنت (tâškant)capital of Uzbekistan
- چاچ (čâč)capital of Uzbekistan
- شاش (šâš)capital of Uzbekistan
Polish Taszkent
- Taszkentcapital of Uzbekistan
Portuguese Tashkent, Tasquente
- Tashkentcapital of Uzbekistan
- Tasquentecapital of Uzbekistan
Romanian Tașkent
- Tașkentcapital of Uzbekistan
Russian Ташке́нт
- Ташке́нт (Tašként)capital of Uzbekistan
Slovak Taškent
- Taškentcapital of Uzbekistan
Spanish Taskent
- Taskentcapital of Uzbekistan
Swedish Tasjkent
- Tasjkentcapital of Uzbekistan
Tamil தாஷ்கந்து
- தாஷ்கந்து (tāṣkantu)capital of Uzbekistan
Thai ทาชเคนต์
- ทาชเคนต์ (táach-kén)capital of Uzbekistan
Turkish Taşkent
- Taşkentcapital of Uzbekistan
Ukrainian Ташке́нт
- Ташке́нт (Tašként)capital of Uzbekistan
Urdu تاشقند
- تاشقند (tāśqand)capital of Uzbekistan
Vietnamese Ta-xken
- Ta-xkencapital of Uzbekistan
Yiddish טאַשקענט
- טאַשקענט (tashkent)capital of Uzbekistan
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Tashkent
Cite this entry
Tashkent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tashkent
“Tashkent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tashkent. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tashkent,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tashkent.
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