Place names and personal names

Place names reflect the history of a people, the nature of the place and people’s life. Many names are made of two words, and their meaning can be found from their parts: Oqsuv — oq (white) + suv (water), Toshbuloq — tosh (stone) + buloq (spring), Qumqo‘rg‘on — qum (sand) + qo‘rg‘on (fortress), Yangiyer — yangi (new) + yer (land). Words like obod, yangi, tepa, qo‘rg‘on, kent, buloq are especially common in place names: Do‘stobod, Xalqobod, Oqtepa. For some ancient names scholars give different hypotheses of origin. Ask elders about the history of the name of your neighbourhood or village.