Merket
See also: merket
English
![](Images/wiktionary/Txu-oclc-6654394-nj-43-5th-ed.jpg.webp)
Map including MAI-KAI-T'I (MERKET) and surrounding region from the International Map of the World (AMS, 1966)
Etymology
Borrowed from Uyghur مەكىت (mekit).
Pronunciation
- enPR: měrkětʹ
Proper noun
Merket
- Alternative form of Makit
- 1962, Central Asian Review, page 149:
- In 1954 a cotton-cleaning plant was built by the soldiers in the town of Merket; "thanks to this plant most of the peasants are now freed from the necessity of cleaning cotton by hand".
- 2009, Rebiya Kadeer, Alexandra Cavelius, Dalai Lama XIV, Dragon Fighter: One Woman's Epic Struggle for Peace with China, Kales Press, page 7:
- At around the same time, my maternal grandfather was tying up his bundles in Merket, to the east of Kashgar.
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