Where does “qarabatdaq” come from?

qarabatdaq (Azerbaijani) comes from Azerbaijani qara, from Proto-Turkic kara — black.

qarabatdaq (Azerbaijani): cormorant

Definitions

  1. cormorant

Ancestry of “qarabatdaq”, step by step

qarabatdaq traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Azerbaijani qara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Azerbaijaniqarablack; scary hallucination; ghost; nightmare,...
2Proto-Turkickarablack

via Azerbaijani batdaq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Azerbaijanibatdaq—
Every word from Proto-Turkic kara →Every word from Azerbaijani qara →