English Dictionary

Turkestan

IPA（発音記号）

/ˌtɜː(ɹ)kɪˈstɑːn/

固有名詞

歴史的

(historical) The regions of Central Asia lying between Siberia to the north; Tibet (Xizang) and Xinjiang, China, modern-day Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran to the south; the Gobi Desert to the east; and the Caspian Sea to the west.

日本語の意味

中央アジアに位置する歴史的な地域の名称。北はシベリア、南はチベット（西蔵）や中国の新疆、現代のパキスタン、アフガニスタン、イラン、東はゴビ砂漠、西はカスピ海に挟まれた地域を指す。

Scholars debated the history of Turkestan, tracing how its cultures influenced trade and religion across the vast Central Asian steppe.

学者たちはシベリアの南に位置する中央アジアの諸地域の歴史を議論し、それらの文化が広大なステップ地帯の貿易や宗教にどのように影響を与えたかをたどった。

意味（1）

(historical) The regions of Central Asia lying between Siberia to the north; Tibet (Xizang) and Xinjiang, China, modern-day Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran to the south; the Gobi Desert to the east; and the Caspian Sea to the west.

Men, women, and children were p'a-hsia (squatting, as a camel squats), to use the Gobi caravan phrase, without a tent among them, but sheltered by big rocks. A little fire was being jealously fed from the small store of fuel they had brought on their pack animals, and they gave us tea. They were gravely merry and pressed on us the courtesy of the good folk of Turkestan. Old men stroked their beards and youths waited on us and women fluttered about the rim of the circle to get a glimpse of the khanum, my wife.