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Taşkent

Taşkent /taʃˈcent/ ASCII Taskent

“Tashkent; stone town”1

Letters / syllables
7 / 2
Formation
Place name
Vowel harmony
mixed
Initial
T
Contents§1–§11
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Notable people
  7. §7As a first name
  8. §8Abroad
  9. §9Sources
  10. §10Questions
  11. §11Related

How do you pronounce Taşkent?

Taşkent

IPA /taʃˈcent/

The stress usually falls on syllable 2 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Taşkent mean?

Taşkent is the name of the capital of Uzbekistan and of a district of Konya. It joins taş “stone” and kent “town”: “stone town”. Kent entered Old Turkic from Sogdian; in Anatolia it long meant “village” and was revived in the Language Reform with the sense “city”.1,2

Grammar taş + kent.

What is Taşkent made of?

Taşkent breaks into 2 parts: taş (stone) + kent (town; formerly village).

Taşkent + root taş stone TURKIC taş “stone” root kent town; formerly village OTHER kent “town, settlement; fromSogdian kand” Taşkent taş root stone taş TURKIC “stone” kent root town; formerly village kent OTHER “town, settlement; from Sogdiankand”
Taşkent: parts and root words
  • taş Turkic — stone1
  • kent Other — town, settlement; from Sogdian kand2

How was the name Taşkent formed?

Taşkent belongs to the “place name” class of surnames (taş + kent).

Which surnames are related to Taşkent?

Taşkent Aktaş Karataş Taş Altıntaş Demirtaş Taşdemir Taşçı Ertaş Göktaş Taşkıran Taştan Altuntaş
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Aktaş same root 30 222,711
02 Karataş same root – –
03 Taş same root – –
04 Altıntaş same root – –
05 Demirtaş same root – –
06 Taşdemir same root – –
07 Taşçı same root – –
08 Ertaş same root – –
09 Göktaş same root – –
10 Taşkıran same root – –
11 Taştan same root – –
12 Altuntaş same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Taşkent?

  1. Ayça Taşkent statesperson 1959–
  2. Kazım Taşkent politician 1894–1991
  3. Murat Taşkent actor 1972–
  4. Ziya Taşkent composer 1932–1999

People surnamed Taşkent as recorded in Wikidata, ordered by the number of Wikipedia language editions.

Is Taşkent also a first name?

Yes. Taşkent is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “Tashkent; stone town”.

Taşkent as a first name: meaning and statistics — turkiyenames.com →

How is Taşkent written and pronounced abroad?

Without Turkish letters the name appears as Taskent in passports and foreign registers.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: Taşkent accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: kent accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Taşkent

Q1

What does the surname Taşkent mean?

Taşkent is the name of the capital of Uzbekistan and of a district of Konya. It joins taş “stone” and kent “town”: “stone town”. Kent entered Old Turkic from Sogdian; in Anatolia it long meant “village” and was revived in the Language Reform with the sense “city”.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Taşkent?

The root word of Taşkent is taş (another language): “stone”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Taşkent?

Taş·kent, 2 syllables; IPA: /taʃˈcent/.