Ashgabat

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Ashgabat

  1. The capital and largest city of Turkmenistan.

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    Portuguese

    Proper noun

    Ashgabat f

    1. Ashgabat (the capital city of Turkmenistan)
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