Editing Dushanbe (section)

== Etymology ==
[[File:Tajikistan (384743913).jpg|thumb|Bazaar in Dushanbe, 2007|alt=]]
Dushanbe was the location of a large [[bazaar]] that operated on Mondays.<ref name="factbook" /> This gave rise to the name ''Dushanbe-Bazar'' ({{langx|tg|Душанбе Бозор}}, ''Dushanbe Bozor'')<ref>{{Cite web|title=Душанбе|trans-title=Dushanbe|url=http://www.diclib.com/cgi-bin/d1.cgi?l=ru&base=geo_rus&page=showid&id=1919|website=DicLib|language=ru}}</ref> from ''Dushanbe'', which means ''Monday'' in the [[Persian language]]<ref name="D. Saimaddinov, S. D 2006" /><ref name="Dushanbe in Persian language">{{Cite web|date=2016-01-31|title=دوشنبه {{!}} پارسی ویکی|url=http://loghatnameh.com/dehkhodaworddetail-891c9755f3354b758a96db73b85891b5-fa.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131094924/http://loghatnameh.com/dehkhodaworddetail-891c9755f3354b758a96db73b85891b5-fa.html|archive-date=31 January 2016|access-date=2021-01-16|language=fA}}</ref> – literally, the second day (du) following Saturday ({{Transliteration|tg|shanbe}}).<ref name="factbook" /> In late 1929 the city was renamed Stalinabad (the city of [[Joseph Stalin|Stalin]]), but it reverted to the name Dushanbe in late 1961 as a result of [[de-Stalinization]].<ref name="The Guardian-2017" />