بخارا

Persian

Etymology

Unknown. Said by some to be from Sanskrit विहार (vihāra, “vihara, monastery”), closely matching the name in Uyghur.^[1] Said by others to be from Sogdian βuxārak (“place of good fortune”).^[2] More at Bukhara.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /bu.xaː.ˈɾaː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bʊ.xɑː.ɾɑ́ː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bʊ.xɑː.ɾɑ́ː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bu.xɔː.ɾɔ́ː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bo.xɒː.ɹɒ́ː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bu.χɔ.ɾɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading^?	buxārā
Dari reading^?	buxārā
Iranian reading^?	boxârâ
Tajik reading^?	buxoro

Proper noun

بخارا • (buxārā / boxârâ) (Tajik spelling Бухоро)

Bukhara (a region of Uzbekistan)
Bukhara (the regional capital of the Bukhara region, Uzbekistan, founded in the 6th century BCE)
- 1325-1390, Hafez, Diwan
  اگر آن ترک شیرازی به دست آرد دل ما را
  به خال هندویش بخشم سمرقند و بخارا را
  agar ān turk-i šērāzī ba dast ārad dil-i mā rā
  ba xāl-i hindūyaš baxšam samarqand u buxārā rā
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

بخاری (buxārī / boxâri)
بخارایی (buxārāyī / boxârâyi)
آلوی بخارا (ālū-yi buxārā / âlu-ye boxârâ)
بخارای شریف (buxārā-yi šarīf / boxârâ-ye šarif, “Bukhara the Noble; a title used when referring to the city”)

References

^ Nicholson, O. (2018). The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity. OUP Oxford. p. 270.
^ Richard N Frye, 'Bukhara i. In pre-Islamic times'

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (buxārā).

Proper noun

بخارا • (buxārā) ? (Hindi spelling बुख़ारा)

Bukhara (a city in Uzbekistan)

[1] Nicholson, O. (2018). The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity. OUP Oxford. p. 270.

[2] Richard N Frye, 'Bukhara i. In pre-Islamic times'

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