Tashkenter

English

Etymology

From Tashkent +‎ -er.

Noun

Tashkenter (plural Tashkenters)

1. A native or inhabitant of Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

   Synonym: Tashkenti

   • 2012, Morgan Y. Liu, “Conclusion: Central Asian Visions of Societal Renewal”, in Under Solomon's Throne: Uzbek Visions of Renewal in Osh, Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, →ISBN, page 194:

     One young Osh Uzbek man traveled to Tashkent in 2004 and met residents there who were eager to tell their stories of hardship to him, an outsider. A Tashkenter said he could not buy shoes or schoolbooks for his children, and another exclaimed, “At least you Oshliks [Osh residents] have Akaev, thank God, and economic freedom.”