Charklik
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Uyghur چاقىلىق (chaqiliq).
Proper noun
Charklik
- Ruoqiang
- 1912, Aurel Stein, Ruins of Desert Cathay Personal Narrative of Exploration in Central Asia and Westernmost China, volume 1, page 319:
- They were accustomed to take small caravans with Indian goods from Khotan via Charklik to Karashahr and on to Turfan in the north-east, and had found Charchan a convenient half-way station on their ventures.
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- On the last evening a man came in on foot with a little news; there had been fighting between Charklik and Cherchen, but that was now thought to be over, leaving the Tungans in control of both oases.
- 1997, Peter Neville-Hadley, China: the Silk Routes (Cadogan Guides), Globe Pequot Press, →ISBN, OCLC 37712573, page 309:
- Korla (see p.260) is 483km, ¥35.50 ($4.50) and 15 hours away, the road much the same as that between Charchan and Charklik, and subject to interruption by substantial amounts of sand.
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