Etymology

Kardzhali

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Today it means: A province and town in southern Bulgaria. Full definition →

Bulgarian Кърджали ← Ottoman Turkish قیرجهعلی
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The story

  1. Ottoman Turkish · derived fromقیرجهعلی
  2. Bulgarian · derived fromКърджали
  3. English todayKardzhali

From Bulgarian Кърджали (Kărdžali), from Ottoman Turkish قیرجهعلی (Kırcaali).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.