Merket

merket English thumb|Map including MAI-KAI-T'I (MERKET) and surrounding region from the International Map of the World (Army Map Service AMS, 1966) Etymology Borrowed from en ug مەكىت. Pronunciation měrkětʹ Proper noun en Makit. en 1962 https://www.google.com/books/edition/Central_Asian_Review/PxblAAAAMAAJ w:Central Asian Review 149 In 1954 a cotton-cleaning plant was built by the soldiers in the town of Merket; "thanks to this plant most of the peasants are now freed from the necessity of cleaning cotton by hand". en 2009 https://books.google.com/books?id=eUfsjYQU-lwC Dragon Fighter: One Woman's Epic Struggle for Peace with China w:Rebiya Kadeer; Alexandra Cavelius; Dalai Lama XIV Kales Press 7 At around the same time, my maternal grandfather was tying up his bundles in Merket, to the east of Kashgar.