吐魯番

Etymology
Borrowed from,. Compare contemporary.

The first found attestation of the place name is 🇨🇬, in the Dunhuang manuscript 使河西記.

The first attested Chinese transcription of the place name is, found in volume four of 通制條格 from the Yuan dynasty. Later Chinese transcriptions include, in 西域番國志 , , , and. In particular, is attested since the Ming dynasty.

Unlikely to be related to.