Meanings
alternative Bachmut
- A city, the administrative centre of Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
Moscow also appeared to be building up forces and increasing its military efforts on the eastern Donbas front around the key town of Bakhmut.
2022 November 22, Lorenzo Tondo, “Ukraine’s security service raids Russian-backed monastery in Kyiv”, in The Guardian1 more example
The armoured unit has been operating for months in defence of Bakhmut city, but incomer Danill, a junior tank commander, has yet to see the fierce combat there.
2023 April 2, Dan Sabbagh, Ed Ram, “Surrounded and outgunned, Ukraine’s tank crews prepare for battle of Bakhmut”, in The Guardian, →ISSN - The 2022 Battle of Bakhmut, which occurred around the city during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Synonyms: Artemivsk (1924-2016), Artyomovsk (1924-1992, Russian usage)
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe 2022 Battle of Bakhmut, which occurred around the city during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
raion
Origin
- Persianپهن“wide, broad”
- Ukrainianбахма́т“pony; war-horse, pack-horse”
- UkrainianБахму́т
- EnglishBakhmut
Borrowed from Ukrainian Бахму́т (Baxmút). Named after the nearby Bakhmutka River (aka Bakhmut River), the name of which apparently derives from the word Ukrainian бахма́т (baxmát, “pony; war-horse, pack-horse”) (cf. Russian бахма́т (baxmát) and Polish bachmat), from a Turkic language. Regarding the word бахмат (baxmat) (and its Russian and Polish cognates), linguists offer the following hypotheses: * It is considered a borrowing from a Turkic (Crimean Tatar, or rather Nogai) language paχn at, in which it is explained (according to Lokotsch and Miklosich, for example) as a compound word formed from Persian پهن (pahn, “wide, broad”) (cf. Ottoman Turkish پهن (pehn)) + at (“horse”) of Common Turkic origin (cf. Nogai at, Crimean Tatar at). Vasmer considers this highly unlikely. * Menges derives it from a Turkic form of the name Mähmäd ("Mohammed") (cf. Old East Slavic Бохмитъ (Boxmitŭ, “Магомет/Magomet”). Presumably related place names: Бахматівці, Bachmatówka, Bachmackie Kolonie, Bahmut.
More words from Ukrainian, Persian
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian Бахму́т
- Бахму́т (Bahmút)city
Chinese Mandarin 巴赫穆特
- 巴赫穆特 (Bāhèmùtè)city
Czech Bachmut
- Bachmutcity
Dutch Bachmoet
- Bachmoetcity
Finnish Bah’mut
- Bah’mutcity
French Bakhmout
- Bakhmoutcity
German Bachmut
- Bachmutcity
Greek Μπαχμούτ
- Μπαχμούτ (Bachmoút)city
Japanese バフムート
- バフムート (Bafumūto)city
Korean 바흐무트
- 바흐무트 (Baheumuteu)city
Latvian Bahmuta
- Bahmutacity
Lithuanian Bachmutas
- Bachmutascity
Polish Bachmut
- Bachmutcity
Russian Бахму́т
- Бахму́т (Baxmút)city
Spanish Bajmut
- Bajmutcity
Swedish Bachmut
- Bachmutcity
Turkish Bahmut
- Bahmutcity
Ukrainian Бахму́т
- Бахму́т (Baxmút)city
Cite this entry
Bakhmut. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bakhmut
“Bakhmut.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bakhmut. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bakhmut,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bakhmut.
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