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TURKESTAN [7 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2016-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Birds
Universal entry(ies)
Parus bokharensis
Latin
OBS

A bird of the family Paridae.

OBS

In English scientific usage, all elements of names of bird species require capital letters except for hyphenated adjectives where the second word is not capitalized, for example, Black-crowned Night Heron.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oiseaux
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Parus bokharensis
Latin
OBS

Oiseau de la famille des Paridae.

OBS

mésange du Turkestan : nom français uniformisé par la Commission internationale des noms français des oiseaux.

OBS

En français, les noms des espèces d’oiseaux acquièrent une valeur de nom propre; tous les substantifs génériques de même que tous les qualificatifs spécifiques qui précèdent le substantif générique doivent prendre la majuscule, par exemple : Pétrel minime, Petit Butor.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
CONT

The common hamster (Cricetus cricetus) ... is one of the best known wild European mammals because of its fur, which is used by furriers, and because of its particular lifestyle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
CONT

Le Hamster, ou Cochon de seigle(Cricetus cricetus), est répandu en Europe centrale, à partir de la plaine d’Alsace, et orientale, en Sibérie occidentale, au Turkestan et en Syrie. C'est un animal solitaire, qui vit dans des terriers [...]

CONT

Le Hamster (Cricetus cricetus) habite l’Alsace et s’étend de là jusqu’en Europe centrale, à travers les grandes plaines d’Allemagne, de Pologne et de Russie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mamíferos
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Record 3 2005-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
DEF

A strong, gusty, wind that occurs on the upper course of the Amu Darya (river) in Turkmenistan (i.e., coming from Afghanistan).

CONT

There is a wind, which became known to the Russians as the "Afghanets", which blows in from the desert, carrying large quantities of fine red sand.

OBS

afghanets ... is preceded and accompanied by duststorms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
DEF

Vent fort et en rafale qui se produit dans le haut de la rivière Amu Darya au Turkestan et qui provient de l'Afghanistan.

OBS

[Ce vent] est précédé et accompagné de tempêtes de poussières.

OBS

Les sources consultées ne nous ont pas permis de déterminer le genre de «afghanets».

Spanish

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Record 4 1996-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
DEF

A middle Iranian language spoken in Chinese Turkistan by the Saka tribes, a nomadic peoples formerly inhabiting the steppelands north of the Iranian plateau. It is written in Brahmi script and contains many loanwords from the Prakrit languages of India.

OBS

The main Saka dialect is Khotanese but a small amount of material survives in a closely related dialect called Tumshuq, formerly known as Maralbashi.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
DEF

Langue appartenant au moyen iranien oriental parlée au Moyen Âge dans la région de l'oasis de Khotan(Türkestan chinois) dans la vallée du Tarim par les tribus Saka. Les textes étaient écrits en brahmi.

Spanish

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Record 5 1996-05-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
DEF

An extinct Indo-European language of central Asia known from the fifth century AD and occurring in an eastern and a western dialect.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
DEF

Langue indo-européenne maintenant disparue et attestée dans le Turkestan chinois entre le V et le Xe siècle de notre ère.

Spanish

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Record 6 1996-05-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
DEF

A Turkic literary language of medieval Central Asia

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
DEF

Langue turque utilisée au Turkestan du XVe au XIXe siècle. C'est l'ancêtre de l'ouzbek et du ouïgour actuels.

Spanish

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Record 7 1995-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
DEF

The language spoken by the Tungan, a Mongolized Turkish people of Turkestan found also in large numbers in Kansu Province and the Sining region of Chinghai Province in northwest China.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
DEF

Langue parlée par les Tungan(Dungan), peuple turc habitant Turkestan, la Province de Kan-sou et la région de Xining dans la province de Qinghai au nord-ouest de la Chine.

Spanish

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