Samarkand

English ,+ Region thumb|Downtown Samarkand with Bibi-Khanym Mosque Alternative forms en Samarcand most common until the late 19th century, now dated en Samarqand official name in Uzbek en Sammarkand Etymology From en ru Самарка́нд, from en fa سمرقند samarqand, from en sog 𐼼𐼺𐼰𐽀𐼸𐼻𐼹𐼳 *Smā́rkąθ. Pronunciation en /ˈsæmə(ɹ)kænd/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Samarkand.wav Southern England Proper noun en Q5753 en regional capital r:suf/Samarkand c/Uzbekistan Samarqand. en Maracanda ancient Greek name en 1829 w:Edgar Allan Poe Tamerlane (poem) Tamerlane Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems Look ’round thee now on Samarcand! —Is she not queen of Earth? her prideAbove all cities? in her handTheir destinies? Antonio Machado: Poet of Castile In the quaver of his voice was a remembering of long muletrains jingling through the gate, queens in litters hung with patchwork curtains from Samarcand, en 1977 Eugenie and Jeffrey Gross The Soviet Union 393 When the tsarist government crumbled with the abdication of Nicholas II in March 1917 a dual administration was established in Samarkand, as it was throughout the entire country. en 2001 Encyclopedia Americana Samarqand https://books.google.com/books?id=7JlFAAAAYAAJ 177 Formerly Samarkand, the city, after the 1991 independence of Uzbekistan, adopted the Uzbek form, Samarqand. en 2010 Kamoludin Abdullaev; w:Shahram Akbarzadeh Historical Dictionary of Tajikistan 316 Originating in the ancient city of Afrasiab, Samarqand is one of the centers of Tajik culture and history. At the time of the Soviet delimitation of Central Asia in 1924, Samarqand was included in Uzbekistan, where it is a provincial center. en Q487532 en region c/Uzbekistan. Related terms en Samarqandi Translations city in Uzbekistan Amharic: am ሳማርቃንድ Arabic: ar سَمَرْقَنْد, archaic ar سُمَرَان f sumaran Egyptian Arabic: arz سمرقند f samarqand Aragonese: an Sarmagant Armenian: hy Սամարղանդ Middle Armenian: axm Սմրղանդ Asturian: ast Samarcanda f Avar: av Самаркъанд Azerbaijani: Cyrillic: az Сәмәргәнд Latin: az Səmərqənd Bashkir: ba Сәмәрҡәнд Belarusian: be Самарканд m Bengali: bn সমরকন্দ Bulgarian: bg Самарканд m Catalan: ca Samarcanda f Cebuano: ceb Samarqand Chechen: ce Самарка́нд Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 撒馬爾罕 Sǎmǎ'ěrhǎn Esperanto: eo Samarkando Finnish: fi Samarkand French: fr Samarcande f Galician: gl Samarcanda f Georgian: ka სამარყანდი German: de Samarkand n Greek: el Σαμαρκάνδη f Ancient Greek: grc Μαράκανδα f Hebrew: he סמרקנד Hindi: hi समरक़ंद Hungarian: hu Szamarkand Italian: it Samarcanda f Japanese: ja サマルカンド Samarukando Karakalpak: kaa Samarqand Kazakh: kk Самарқан Korean: ko ^사마르칸트 Kumyk: kum Самаркъанд Samarqand Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Semerqend Kyrgyz: ky Самаркан Latin: la Maracanda f Latvian: lv Samarkanda f Lithuanian: lt Samarkandas m Macedonian: mk Самарканд m Maithili: mai समरकन्द Malayalam: ml സമർഖണ്ഡ് Marathi: mr समरकंद Mari: Eastern Mari: mhr Самарканд Mongolian: mn Самарка́нд Nepali: ne समरकन्द Occitan: oc Samarcanda f Old Turkic: otk Semizkend Ossetian: os Самарка́нд Persian: fa سمرقند samarqand Polish: pl Samarkanda f Portuguese: pt Samarcanda f, pt Samarkand f, pt Samarcand f, pt Samarcande f, pt Samarkande f, pt Samarkanda f Punjabi: pa ਸਮਰਕੰਦ Russian: ru Самарка́нд m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Самарканд m Latin: sh Samarkand m Sogdian: sog Smʼrknδh Spanish: es Samarcanda f, es Samarkanda f Tajik: tg Самарқанд Tamil: ta சமர்கந்து Tatar: tt Сәмәрка́нд Thai: th ซามาร์คันด์ saa-maa-kan Turkish: tr Semerkant Ottoman Turkish: ota سمرقند semerkand Ukrainian: uk Самарканд m Urdu: ur سمرقند samarqand Uyghur: ug سەمەرقەند Uzbek: Cyrillic: uz Самарқанд Latin: uz Samarqand Walloon: wa Samarcande f Yiddish: yi סאַמאַרקאַנד Zari: zaz Semerqand German de: Etymology From de ru Самарка́нд, from de fa سمرقند samarqand, from de sog 𐼼𐼺𐼰𐽀𐼸𐼻𐼹𐼳 *Smā́rkąθ. Pronunciation de /samaʁˈkant/ /zamaʁˈkant/ de De-Samarkand.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de ant 3 de Sa mar kand Proper noun toponym de Samarkand Q5753 Portuguese Proper noun f pt Samarcanda Swedish Proper noun n sv Q5753 en Samarkand, sv regional capital r:suf/Samarkand c/Uzbekistan. sv 1856 various authors w:sv:Gustaf Thomée Tusen och en natt sv. Första fullständiga, med talrika Illustrationer försedda, Swenska öfwersättningen VII 199 https://runeberg.org/mochinatt/7/0253.html Denne hade begifvit sig till Samarkand och uti bazaren derstädes köpt ett med konst förfärdigadt äple, som utbjöds till salu för tretiofem pungar och hade den egenskapen att böta alla sjukdomar, blott den sjuka luktade derpå. He had set off for Samarkand and in the bazaar there bought an apple fashioned with artifice, which was offered for sale for thirty-five purses and had the property of curing all illnesses, provided only that the sick person smelled it. sv 13 May 2013 Lars Lönnroth Dixikon Samarkand – poeternas drömstad som få av dem besökt https://www.dixikon.se/samarkand-poeternas-dromstad-som-fa-av-dem-besokt/ Sedan ungdomen har jag drömt om att få se Samarkand, denna mytomspunna stad som i århundraden hyllats av diktarna. Since my youth I have dreamed of seeing Samarkand, this legendary city that for centuries has been celebrated by poets. https://web.archive.org/web/20260423044802/https://www.dixikon.se/samarkand-poeternas-dromstad-som-fa-av-dem-besokt/ 23 April 2026 Noun n An (exotic) place of beauty, culture and riches. sv 1925 w:Hagar Olsson Ny generation 10 https://litteraturbanken.se/f%C3%B6rfattare/OlssonHagar/titlar/NyGeneration/sida/10/etext?s_query=%22ett%20Samarkand%22&s_from=0&s_to=29&s_text_filter=%5Bobject%20Object%5D&s_word_form_only=true&s_sort_field=main_author.name_for_index.lowercase&s_lbworkid=lb1436264&hit_index=0 Den drömde om ett Samarkand, där sången står i förbund med livets illusioner, där sången har ett stoff att tända: hjärtat. It dreamed of a Samarkand, where song is allied with the illusions of life, where song has a substance to kindle: the heart. sv 1940 w:Fredrik Ström Min ungdoms strider 139 https://litteraturbanken.se/f%C3%B6rfattare/Str%C3%B6mF/titlar/MinUngdomsStrider/sida/163/faksimil?traff=w162_181&traffslut=w162_182&s_query=%22ett%20Samarkand%22&s_from=0&s_to=29&s_text_filter=%7B%22sort_date_imprint.date:range%22:%221248,2025%22%7D&s_word_form_only=true&s_sort_field=main_author.name_for_index.lowercase&s_lbworkid=lb27472&hit_index=0 I Paris var fattigdomen lika stor som i Stockholm, men Paris var ett Samarkand, och konsten förgyllde eländet. In Paris poverty was as great as in Stockholm, but Paris was a Samarkand, and art gilded the misery. sv 1972 w:sv:Thorstein Bergman w:sv:Om du nånsin kommer fram till Samarkand Men jag hoppas du når ditt drömda land.Att någon blir för dig, vad aldrig jag kan vara.Om du nånsin kommer fram till Samarkand. But I hope you reach your dreamed-of land.That someone becomes for you what I can never be.If you ever make it to Samarkand.