Re: Dushanbe?

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From: Siobhan Harper
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1992 18:11

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In article <11213@hogg.ed.ac.uk> iad@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Ivan A Derzhanski) writes:
>>So, how does one approxamitely pronounce the Tajik capital in Tajik?
>
>[duSa'mbE], Persian [doS&'mbE].  It means `Monday' (the second day
>(/du/) after Saturday (/SambE/), cf. Portuguese "segunda-feira").

The name derives from the custom of holding a large market there on Mondays.

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