Etymology

Bakhchisaray

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Today it means: A city in Crimea, internationally recognized as part of Ukraine but de facto in Russia; the former capital of the Crimean Khanate. Full definition →

Russian Бахчисара́й ← Crimean Tatar Bağçasaray ← Ottoman Turkish باغچه
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The story

  1. Persian · derived fromباغچه“[small] garden”
  2. Ottoman Turkish · derived fromباغچه“garden”
  3. Crimean Tatar · derived fromBağçasaray
  4. Russian · borrowed fromБахчисара́й
  5. English todayBakhchisaray

From Russian Бахчисара́й (Baxčisaráj), from Crimean Tatar Bağçasaray, from Ottoman Turkish باغچه (bağçe, “garden”), from Persian باغچه (bâġče, “[small] garden”) and سرای (sarây, “house, palace”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.