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==English==
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===Etymology 1===

====Alternative forms====
* {{l|en|Aksarāy}}

====Proper noun====
{{en-proper noun}}

# {{alt sp|en|Aksaray}} {{gl|city in Turkey}}

===Etymology 2===
Borrowed from {{bor|en|ug|ئاقساراي}}.

====Pronunciation====
{{rfp|en}}

====Proper noun====
{{en-proper noun}}

# {{place|en|township|county/Karakax|prefecture/Hotan|autonomous region/Xinjiang|c/China}}.
#* {{quote-book
|en
|year=2007
|editor=Ildikó Bellér-Hann
|title=Situating the Uyghurs Between China and Central Asia
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NKCU3BdeBbEC
|publisher=w:Ashgate
|ISBN=978 0 7546 7041 4
|OCLC=276989221
|page=90
|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=NKCU3BdeBbEC&pg=PA90
|passage=The first example is by a poet called Ablimit Sämät, who composed these verses about his native village '''Aqsaray''' near Khotän in south-west Xinjiang, one of the least developed parts of the Autonomous Region.}}
#* {{quote-web
|en
|date=18 April 2017
|title=HAN CHINESE OFFERED TRIPLE SALARY OF UYGHURS IN XINJIANG POLICE RECRUITMENT DRIVE
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200912091535/https://www.uyghurcongress.org/en/han-chinese-offered-triple-salary-of-uyghurs-in-xinjiang-police-recruitment-drive/
|work={{w|World Uyghur Congress}}; {{w|Radio Free Asia}}
|section=Uyghur Related News
|url2=https://archive.is/mZG7b
|text=A Uyghur auxiliary officer in '''Aqsaray''' township, in Hotan’s Karakash (Moyu) county, said the local government had been recruiting security personnel since last year, with the only requirement for applicants being that no one within three generations of their family had been involved in “political problems.”}}
#* {{quote-web
|en
|date=2017-10-09
|author=w:Shohret Hoshur; Joshua Lipes
|translator=Alim Seytoff
|title=Nearly Half of Uyghurs in Xinjiang’s Hotan Targeted For Re-Education Camps
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202074425/https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/camps-10092017164000.html
|archivedate=February 2, 2018
|work=w:Radio Free Asia
|url2=https://archive.ph/56pvi
|text=When asked about whether a target percentage of re-education arrests had been ordered by authorities, an official from No. 1 Village, in Qaraqash’s '''Aqsaray''' township, confirmed the directive, but referred RFA to the local Communist Party secretary—who had recently been admitted to the hospital and was unreachable—for the exact number.}}
#* {{quote-book
|en
|year=2021
|author=Michael Dillon
|title=China in the Age of Xi Jinping
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-EEiEAAAQBAJ
|publisher=w:Taylor & Francis
|ISBN=978-0-367-34301-9
|OCLC=1277282877
|text=The Communist Party secretary of the village of '''Aqsaray''' in the Qaraqash region near Hotan was ordered to target 40% of the population of the village as potential unreliable elements in need of re-education.}}

=====Synonyms=====
* {{q|from [[Mandarin]] Chinese}} {{l|en|Akesalayi}}, {{l|en|A-k'o-sa-la-i}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|township in Karakax, Hotan, Xinjiang, China}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|阿克薩拉依|tr=Ākèsàlāyī}}
* Japanese: {{t-needed|ja}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|ئاقساراي|sc=ug-Arab}}
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