Uzbek

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Cyrillic қатағон
Latin qatagʻon
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(Afghanistan)

Etymology

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Inherited from Chagatai [Term?], from Middle Mongol [script needed] (qatagin). Compare Kazakh қатаған (qatağan), Kyrgyz катаган (katagan).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /qa.ta.ʁɒn/, [qɑ̽.t̪ɐ.ʁɒ̝n]
  • Hyphenation: qa‧ta‧gʻon

Noun

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qatagʻon (plural qatagʻonlar)

  1. (historical, ~ urugʻi) Katagans (one of the 92 Old Uzbek clans, originated from the homonymous Middle Mongol clan)
  2. (obsolete) prohibition, ban
  3. (politics) political repression
    Qatagʻon qurbonlari xotirasi muzeyi
    the Museum of Victims of Political Repression (in Tashkent)
    Synonym: repressiya

Declension

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