Where does “Tashkent” come from?

Tashkent comes from Russian Ташкент, from Uzbek Toshkent, composed of Uzbek tosh and Proto-Turkic diāĺ.

Ancestry of “Tashkent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianТашке́нт—
2UzbekToshkent—
3Chagataiتاشکند—
4Persianکندblunt; dull; slow
5Sanskritखण्डchip, piece, slice, bit, portion, fragment;...

Words derived from “Tashkent”

Every word from Sanskrit खण्ड →Every word from Persian کند →Every word from Chagatai تاشکند →