Taklamakan

== English == === Alternative forms === Takla Makan, Taklimakan === Etymology === Most researchers agree that the second part is derived from Persian مکان (makân, “place”), from Arabic مَكَان (makān). The etymology of Takla is less clear, however. Being first attested in Chagatai as ترک مکان (trk mkān /⁠tark-i makān⁠/), likely from ترک (trk /⁠tark⁠/, “abandonment”) + مکان (mkān /⁠makān⁠/, “place”). === Pronunciation === enPR: täklämäkänʹ === Proper noun === Taklamakan A cold desert in the Xinjiang autonomous region, China, the largest desert entirely contained in China. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Taklamakan. ==== Synonyms ==== Taklamakan Desert (from Mandarin Chinese) Takela Magan, T'a-k'o-la-ma-kan ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Taklimakan”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎[5], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3090, column 3 “Taklimakan”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “Taklamakan”, in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2026 == Turkish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tak.ɫa.maˈkan/ === Proper noun === Taklamakan Taklamakan (a cold desert in the Xinjiang autonomous region, China, the largest desert entirely contained in China)