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Purchaqchi
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from en ug پۇرچاقچى.
Pronunciation
en
Proper noun
en township county/Karakax prefecture/Hotan autonomous region/Xinjiang c/China.
en 2014-07-30 w:Shohret Hoshur; Joshua Lipes Wife of Party Official Killed in Xinjiang ‘Revenge Attack’ Mamatjan Juma w:Radio Free Asia https://web.archive.org/web/20140809194427/https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/revenge-07302014140303.html August 9, 2014 Jumaq, head of Ayaq Purchaqchi village in Purchaqchi township, told RFA’s Uyghur Service that he had accompanied Islam a day earlier in a raid during prayer time on a local mosque as around 200 officials and security personnel searched for six suspects they had linked to a shooting incident in May.
en 2015-03-13 w:Shohret Hoshur; Joshua Lipes Chinese Authorities Shoot ‘Suspicious’ Uyghurs Dead in Xinjiang Restaurant Mamatjan Juma w:Radio Free Asia https://web.archive.org/web/20150315020906/https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/shooting-03132015152239.html March 15, 2015 He said police asked for the identification of the seven Uyghurs who were gathered at the Sherbet restaurant at a hotel in Purchaqchi township—where several incidents have resulted in bloodshed in recent months—and then attempted to search them, but were met with resistance, sparking the clash.
Synonyms
from Mandarin Chinese Puqiakeqi
Translations
township in Karakax, Hotan, Xinjiang, China
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 普恰克其 Pǔqiàkèqí
Japanese: ja
Uyghur: ug پۇرچاقچى