Taklamakan

Etymology
Most researchers agree on makan being the Persian word for "place", however the etymology of Takla is less clear. The word may be an Uyghur borrowing from the Persian tark, "to leave alone/out/behind, relinquish, abandon" + makan

Proper noun

 * 1) A cold desert in Central Asia.

Translations

 * Azerbaijani: Təkləməkan
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 塔克拉瑪干
 * German:
 * Japanese: タクラマカン
 * Kazakh: Тақла-Мақан
 * Korean: 타클라마칸
 * Kyrgyz: Такла-Макан
 * Russian:
 * Uyghur: تەكلىماكان
 * Uzbek: Taklamakon