Tajik
names are used in the country of Tajikistan in central Asia.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
DUSHANBE (Settlement) Tajik, EnglishDerived from Persian
دوشنبه meaning "Monday". Dushanbe is the capital city of the Central Asian nation of Tajikistan. It was formerly called
Dyushambe and
Stalinabad during Russian rule.
TUNIS (Settlement & Country) English, Arabic, Croatian, Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Tajik, ArmenianDerived from the name تُونِس
(tūnis), of disputed meaning. One theory suggests Berber origin from the Tamazight root ⵜⵏⵙ
(tns) meaning "to lay down" or "encampment" or
ens meaning "to lie down, to pass the night", Others state that the name is from
Tanith, the name of a Phoenician goddess, or from
Tynes, the name of an ancient city...
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