Etymology

Karin Tak

Today it means: A village in Artsakh (a former unrecognized state, now annexed by Azerbaijan and, as a result, abandoned by its population). Full definition →

Armenian Քարին Տակ
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The story

  1. Armenian · borrowed fromՔարին Տակ
  2. English todayKarin Tak

From Armenian Քարին Տակ (Kʻarin Tak, literally “below the rock”), referring to the sheer vertical cliffs towering above the village, on top of which Shushi is built.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.