بخارا

Persian

Etymology

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

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

Proper noun
Dari بخارا
Iranian Persian
Tajik Бухоро

بخارا • (boxârâ)

  1. Bukhara (a city in Uzbekistan)
    • 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

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

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بخارا (buxārā).

Proper noun

بخارا • (buxārā) ? (Hindi spelling बुख़ारा)

  1. Bukhara (a city in Uzbekistan)
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