Etymology

Karabakh

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Today it means: A geographic region in present-day southwestern Azerbaijan and eastern Armenia. It includes three regions: Highland Karabakh (present-day Nagorno-Karabakh), Lowland Karabakh (the southern Kura-steppes) and a part of Syunik. Full definition →

Russian Караба́х ← Azerbaijani Qarabağ ← Persian باغ
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The story

  1. Persian · derived fromباغ“garden”
  2. Azerbaijani · derived fromQarabağ
  3. Russian · borrowed fromКараба́х
  4. English todayKarabakh

Borrowed from Russian Караба́х (Karabáx), from Azerbaijani Qarabağ, ultimately from Turkic *kara (“black”) and Persian باغ (bâġ, “garden”).

Words from the same roots

Persianباغ all →

bagh

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