à Âabat, previously called Nyýazow, Andreyevsk and Täzebazar, is a city subordinate to a district and the administrative center of à Âabat District, Daà Âoguz Province, Turkmenistan. The city was renamed à Âabat by decree of the Turkmen parliament on 9 November 2022.
The words Täze bazar mean in Turkmen "new bazaar", "new market". Atanyyazow explains that this name refers to a then-new bazaar set up at a crossroads of major routes leading to Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. The name Nyýazow paid homage to Saparmyrat Nyýazow. The Turkmen government has not indicated the meaning behind the new name, à Âabat. Atanyyazow explains that à Âabat derives from à Âa (Persian "shah, king") and the Persian suffix ÃÂbÃÂd (âèçï), meaning "cultivated place" (village, city, region). He notes that Anusha Khan of Khiva named a fortress in Khorezm thus after conquering the Iranian city Mashhad.
There's a city in the Xorazm Region of Uzbekistan, across from the border and 20km to the Southeast of à Âabat, whose name has also been Shavat.
As of 1957 the municipality was designated a town of urban type (). On 12 October 1957 by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Turkmen SSR it was renamed from Andreyevsk to Täzebazar and was designated the administrative center of Daà Âoguz District. On 8 February 1993, by Parliamentary Resolution No. 806-XII, the town of Täzebazar was renamed town of Nyýazow. In June 2016, Nyýazow was upgraded to city status by decree of the Mejlis, and the village of Azatlyk was subordinated to it.