-
ruins of the
ancient city of Merv are
located near the present-day city.
Atanyýazow notes that the name "Muru"
appears in
Zoroastrian texts alongside the...
- themselves, as "no" and "hur" can be
translated as "nine peri". Soltanşa
Atanyýazow noted in his
dictionary of
Turkmen place names,
Nohur is an
ethnic name...
-
kilometers southeast of Mary. It was
granted the
status of a city in 1939.
Atanyyazow attributes the name to the settlement's
location on the Silk Road between...
- and the
later architecture of the
Mughal Empire of 16th-century India.
Atanyyazow explains, "In the
works of
Chinese historians, the name Yue-Gyan, which...
-
should not be confused. Türkmenbaşy şäherçesi was
previously called Janga.
Atanyyazow notes that
Janga (Turkmen: Jaňňa) is a
Kazakh variant of the name of a...
- the
district capital. The
words ak depe mean "white hill" in Turkmen.
Atanyýazow notes that
there are
several places in
Turkmenistan with this name, and...
- to a
mountain in that
district which is
mined for high-quality sulfur.
Atanyyazow explains that the name
Gowurdak "is
derived from the
local dialect gövür...
- 2022. The
words Täze
bazar mean in
Turkmen "new bazaar", "new market".
Atanyyazow explains that this name
refers to a then-new
bazaar set up at a crossroads...
-
changed to
Etrek in
December 1999 by
Parliamentary Resolution HM-63.
Atanyyazow postulates that the name "Etrek"
comes from the
Turkic word atrau, which...
- Amydarýa (2.1 nm),
Surhy (3.1 nm) and
Kerkichi (2.2 nm).
According to
Atanyyazow, the name
Kerki is most
likely of
Persian origin, from ker ("fortress")...
