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Yarkand|ˈjɑːkænd, jɑːˈkænd|
[The name of a river, district, and city in Sinkiang Uighur (formerly Chinese Turkestan), an autonomous region of western China.]
1. A language or dialect of the central Turkic or Turco-Tatar group of Altaic languages, spoken in the district of Yarkand. Also attrib.
1875[see Kashgar 1]. 1954M. A. Pei Dict. Linguistics 236 Yarkand, an Asiatic language, member of the Central Turkish group of the Altaic sub-family of the Ural-Altaic family of languages.
2. Used attrib. and absol. to designate a type of Turkoman carpet.
1880G. C. M. Birdwood Industrial Arts of India II. 168 The tree of life represented on modern Yarkand rugs is always a pomegranate tree. 1913W. A. Hawley Oriental Rugs xii. 251 In Plate L..are two of the most typical and interesting stripes of Samarkands and Yarkands... A stripe with simple archaic pattern peculiar to Yarkands is seen in Plate L. 1931[see Kashgar 2]. 1967U. Schürmann Oriental Carpets 72 The eastern Turkestan rugs commonly known..as ‘Samarkand’ come..from the three oasis-cities of Kashgar, Yarkand and Khotan... A small number of silk Yarkands also exist. 1970J. Franses European & Oriental Rugs 146 (caption) Eastern Turkestan Yarkand runner in the form of a saph. Circa 1800.
3. Zool. Used attrib. to designate a heavily built kind of red deer with short antlers that is found in Sinkiang Uighur.
1892Proc. Zool. Soc. 116 Mr. W. T. Blanford exhibited two heads..and a skin of the Yarkand Stag. Ibid. 117 The name C[ervus] yarkandensis may be applied to the Yarkand and Tarim Deer. 1918R. Lydekker Wild Life of World II. 231 Very distinct from the wapiti type is the Yarkand deer..of the forests of the Tarim Valley. 1982G. K. Whitehead Hunting & stalking Deer iv. 111 Among the most endangered are the Yarkand deer..of Chinese Turkestan. |