Turkestan

土耳其斯坦( 某些外国人沿用的对里海以东广大中亚地区的称呼)

发音

UK /ˌtɜː(ɹ)kɪˈstɑːn/
其它
US /ˌtɜɹkɪˈstæn/
US /ˈtɜɹkɪˌstæn/

别名

Turkistan

释义与例句

name
  1. 1.

    The regions of Central Asia lying between Siberia to the north; Tibet (Xizang) and Xinjiang, China, modern-day Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran to the south; the Gobi Desert to the east; and the Caspian Sea to the west.

    突厥斯坦

    土耳其斯坦

    历史

相关短语

East Turkestan Republic East Turkestan 东突厥斯坦 Chinese Turkestan 中国突厥斯坦（某些外国人沿用的殖民主义者对我国新疆维吾尔自治区的称呼, 等于Eastern Turkestan）；中国新疆地毯 Eastern Turkestan

词源

From Persian ترکستان (torkestân), from Middle Persian twlkstʾn' (Turkestān), from twlk' (Turk) + -stʾn' (-estān).

来源：wiktionary