Ashgabat
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Ashgabat
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Borrowed from Turkmen Aşgabat, from Classical Persian عِشْقآبَاد (išq-ābād, literally “city of love”), compound of عِشْق (išq, “love”) + آبَاد (ābād, “city”).
Alternatively, some historians believe that the city was originally named after Ashk/Arshk, the founder of the Arsacid Dynasty, and hold that the term عِشْق (išq) was a reinterpretation influenced by folk etymology.
proper noun Aşgabat · Ashkabad · Ashkhabad · Ashqabat
- The capital and largest city of Turkmenistan.
- The Turkmenistan government.
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name the capital of Turkmenistan
| Español | Asjabad |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 아스하바트 Aseuhabateu |
| 日本語 | アシガバート Ashigabāto |
| 中文 | 阿什哈巴德 Āshíhābādé, 阿什哈巴特 Āshíhābātè |
| हिन्दी | अश्क़ाबाद aśqābād |
| Português | Ashgabat |
| Français | Achgabat |
| Deutsch | Aschgabat, Aşgabat, Aschchabat |
| Italiano | Aşgabat |
| Ελληνικά | Ασγκαμπάτ Asgkampát |
| Română | Așgabat |
| Русский | Ашхаба́д Ašxabád, Ашгаба́т Ašgabát, Полтора́цк Poltoráck, Асхаба́д Asxabád |
| Tiếng Việt | A-sơ-ga-bát |
| العربية | عَشْق آبَاد ʕašq ʔābād |
| עברית | אשגבאט 'ashgabat |
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