Yarkandin.adj.
/jɑːˈkandi/ A. n.
A native or inhabitant of the city or district of Yarkand.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > the Chinese > [noun] > native or inhabitant of China > parts of
Formosan1707
Yarkandi1841
Yunnanese1849
Macanese1852
Manchurian1855
Cantonese1857
Pekingese1860
Khotanese1882
Teochew1893
Lisu1896
Lahu1900
Shanghailander1917
Szechuanese1918
Hunanese1937
Taiwanese1942
Yi1960
Shanghainese1964
1841 H. H. Wilson Trav. Moorcroft & Trebeck I. ii. iii. 351 A Yarkandi asserted that an infusion of poppy-heads was employed to render the leaves of the tea adhesive.
1875 in T. D. Forsyth Report Mission to Yarkund iii. (facing page) 118 (caption) Yarkundis.
1901 P. W. Church Chinese Turkestan iii. 33 The guileless Yarkandis.
1926 C. P. Skrine Chinese Central Asia viii. 106 A charming..and well educated Yarkandi called Murad Qari..partook of tea.
1981 A. Ali in Himalayan Jrnl. XXXVII. 115 The Yarkandis used this route [sc. Saser La in the Karakorams] for trade and for going on haj to Mecca.
B. adj.
Of or pertaining to Yarkand or its people.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > the Chinese > [adjective] > parts of
Formosan1650
Manchu1736
Yunnanese1849
Macanese1852
Yarkandi1854
Lisu1896
Szechuanese1918
Hunanese1937
Taiwanese1942
Yi1960
1854 A. Cunningham Ladák iii. 49 My informants, who were also Yarkandi merchants, stated exactly the reverse.
1893 H. Lansdell Chinese Central Asia II. xxxiv. 108 Turdi Akhoon, a Yarkandi merchant..had arrived from India.
1928 ‘Ganpat’ Magic Ladakh xiv. 255 It is a hard life on the central Asian trade route if you happen to be a hired ponyman travelling with a callous Yarkandi merchant.
1973 M. Bence-Jones Palaces of Raj viii. 144 A portly General endeavoured to stop his Yarkundi pony from jumping over the railings.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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n.adj.1841