Bishkek

English

Bishkek's Ala-Too Square with eponymous mountains in background

Etymology

Borrowed from Kyrgyz Бишкек (Bişkek).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪʃˈkɛk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛk

Proper noun

Bishkek

1. The capital city of Kyrgyzstan.

Synonyms

• Pishpek (1862–1926)
• Frunze (1926–1991)

Derived terms

• Bishkeker (unofficial demonym)

Translations

capital of Kyrgyzstan

• Acehnese: Bishkèk
• Afrikaans: Bisjkek
• Albanian: Bishkeku m
• Amharic: ቢሽኬክ (biškek)
• Arabic: بِشْكِيك f (biškīk), بِشْكِك f (biškik)

  Egyptian Arabic: بيشكيك

• Aragonese: Bishkek
• Armenian: Բիշքեկ (Biškʻek)
• Asturian: Bixkek
• Azerbaijani: Bişkek (az)
• Balinese: Bishkek
• Bashkir: Бишкәк (Bişkək)
• Basque: Bixkek
• Belarusian: Бішке́к m (Biškjék)
• Bengali: বিশকেক (biśokek)
• Bihari: बिश्केक
• Bikol Central: Bishkek
• Breton: Bichkek
• Bulgarian: Бишке́к m (Biškék)
• Burmese: ဘီရှကက်မြို့ (bhihra.kakmrui.)
• Buryat: Бишкек (Biškjek)
• Catalan: Bixkek m
• Cebuano: Bishkek
• Chechen: Бишкек (Biškek)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 比什凱克 / 比什凯克 (bei² sap⁶ hoi² hak¹)

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  Mandarin: 比什凱克 / 比什凯克 (zh) (Bǐshíkǎikè)

  Wu: 比什凯克

• Chuvash: Бишкек (Biškek)
• Crimean Tatar: Bişkek
• Czech: Biškek (cs) m
• Danish: Bisjkek n
• Dutch: Bisjkek n
• Erzya: Бишкек (Biškek)
• Esperanto: Biŝkeko (eo)
• Estonian: Biškek
• Faroese: Bisjkek
• Fiji Hindi: Bishkek
• Finnish: Biškek (fi)
• French: Bichkek (fr) f
• Gagauz: Bişkek
• Galician: Bixkek (gl)
• Georgian: ბიშკეკი (ka) (bišḳeḳi)
• German: Bischkek (de) n
• Greek: Μπισκέκ (el) (Biskék)
• Guaraní: Biskek
• Haitian Creole: Bichkek
• Hausa: Bishkek
• Hebrew: בִּישְׁקֶק f (bishkek)
• Hindi: बिश्केक m (biśkek)
• Hungarian: Biskek (hu)
• Icelandic: Bishkek
• Ido: Bishkek
• Ilocano: Bishkek
• Indonesian: Bishkek
• Interlingua: Bishkek
• Irish: Bíscéic
• Italian: Biškek
• Japanese: ビシュケク (ja) (Bishukeku)
• Javanese: Bishkek
• Kannada: ಬಿಷ್ಕೆಕ್ (biṣkek)
• Karakalpak: Bishkek
• Kazakh: Бішкек (Bışkek)
• Khmer: ប៊ីសកេក (biiskeek), ប៊ីស្កេក (km) (biiskeek)
• Komi-Zyrian: Бишкек (Biškek)
• Kongo: Biskek
• Korean: 비슈케크 (ko) (Bisyukekeu)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: بیشکێک (bîşkêk)

  Northern Kurdish: Bîşkek

• Kyrgyz: Бишкек (ky) (Bişkek)
• Lao: ບິດ​ສ​ເກັກ (bit sa kek)
• Latin: Pisphecum
• Latvian: Biškeka f
• Ligurian: Bishkek
• Limburgish: Bisjkek
• Lithuanian: Biškekas m
• Livvi: Biškek
• Lombard: Biškek
• Low German:

  German Low German: Bischkek

• Luxembourgish: Bischkek
• Macedonian: Бишке́к m (Biškék)
• Maithili: विस्केक (viskēk)
• Malagasy: Bishkek
• Malay: Bishkek
• Malayalam: ബിഷ്കെക്ക് (biṣkekkŭ)
• Maltese: Bixkek
• Marathi: बिश्केक (biśkek)
• Mari:

  Western Mari: Бишкек (Biškek)

• Mazanderani: بيشکک
• Mingrelian: ბიშკეკი (bišḳeḳi)
• Moksha: Бишкек (Biškek)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Бишкек (Biškek)

• Nahuatl: Bixquec
• Nauruan: Bishkek
• Navajo: Bishkʼeʼ, Łeezh Bee Bineʼadziihii
• North Frisian: Bischkek
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Bisjkek

  Nynorsk: Bisjkek

• Occitan: Bishquec
• Ossetian: Бишкек (Biškek)
• Papiamentu: Biskek
• Pashto: بيشکېک m (bīškek), بشکک m (biškek)
• Persian: بیشکک (biškek)
• Polish: Biszkek (pl) m
• Portuguese: Bishkek (pt) f, Bisqueque
• Punjabi: ਬਿਸ਼ਕੇਕ (biśkek)
• Romanian: Bișkek (ro)
• Russian: Бишке́к (ru) m (Biškék)
• Sardinian: Bishkek
• Scottish Gaelic: Bishkek
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Бишкек m

  Roman: Biškek m

• Shona: Bishkek
• Silesian: Biszkek
• Sinhalese: බිෂ්කෙක් (biṣkek)
• Slovak: Biškek m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Biškek

  Upper Sorbian: Biškek

• Spanish: Biskek m
• Swahili: Bishkek
• Swedish: Bisjkek (sv) n
• Tagalog: Bishkek
• Tajik: Бишкек (Biškek)
• Tamil: பிசுக்கெக் (picukkek), பிஷ்கெக் (piṣkek)
• Tatar: Бишкәк (Bişkäk)
• Telugu: బిష్కెక్ (biṣkek)
• Thai: บิชเคก (th) (bìch-kéek)
• Tibetan: པི་སི་ཁེག (pi si kheg), བི་སི་ཀེཀ (bi si kek)
• Turkish: Bişkek (tr)
• Turkmen: Bişkek
• Udmurt: Бишкек (Biškek)
• Ukrainian: Бішке́к (uk) m (Biškék)
• Urdu: بشکک m (biśkek, biśkak)
• Uyghur: بىشكەك (bishkek)
• Uzbek: Bishkek
• Veps: Biškek
• Vietnamese: Bi-sơ-kếch
• Volapük: Bişkek
• Welsh: Bishkek
• West Frisian: Bisjkek
• Western Panjabi: بشکیک (bśkek)
• Yakut: Бишкек (Bishkek)
• Yiddish: בישקעק n (bishkek)
• Yoruba: Bishkek

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Kyrgyz Бишкек (Bişkek).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /biʃˈkɛ.ki/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /biʃˈkɛ.ki/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /biʃˈkɛ.ke/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /biʃˈkɛ.kɨ/

Proper noun

Bishkek f

1. Bishkek (the capital city of Kyrgyzstan)