- Source: Paxtakor
Paxtakor (Uzbek: Paxtakor/Пахтакор, Persian: پختهکار, Russian: Пахтакaр) is a city in Jizzakh Region, Uzbekistan. It is the capital of Paxtakor District. It had a population of 15,366 in 1989, and 23,900 in 2016.
In 1974 Paxtakor was granted city status. The city has a cotton-cleaning factory.
Meaning
The word Pakhta(پخته) in Persian means cotton and kor from kar-, kardan(کار، کردن) "to do, to make", produces a job name from a noun.