Aratürük

English

Etymology

From Uyghur ئارا تۈرۈك (ara türük᠎).

Proper noun

Aratürük

1. A county of Hami, Xinjiang, China.
   • 1979 October, Rewi Alley, “Gansu”, in Eastern Horizon‎^[1], volume XVIII, number 10, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 30, column 2:

     In the city, the old drum-tower now has the mottoes over each gate restored. West to Yiwu (Araturuk) in Xinjiang, north to the desert, south to the Qilian Mountains, and east to Hua Shan, it is certainly a graceful addition to a modernizing city.

   • 1997, “Strategic Passage of the Western Regions”, in Travelling around Xinjiang: A Land of Enchantment‎^[2], Beijing: Science Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 211, column 1:

     In the Kaiyuan reign period of the Tang Dynasty, Beiting commissioner was appointed to command the troops in Hanhai, Tianshan and Yiwu (Araturuk). The troops in Yiwu (Araturuk) were stationed in Ganluchuan.

   • 2018, Zhivko Voynikov, “INFORMATION ON BULGARIAN PEOPLE IN THE CHINESE DYNASTIC CHRONICLES”, in WHO ARE THE ANCIENT BULGARIANS OR PROTOBULGARIANS?‎^[3], page 68:

     The Yiugurs called the city Yiwu or Aratürük, close to Hami, Tuhulu 吐葫蘆.

Synonyms

• (from Mandarin Chinese) Yiwu

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿熱吐魯克／阿热吐鲁克 (Ārètǔlǔkè)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Yiwu”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[4], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3529, column 1: “Also known as Aratürük.”