Where does “qaradərili” come from?

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

qaradərili (Azerbaijani): dark-skinned

Definitions

  1. dark-skinned

Ancestry of “qaradərili”, step by step

qaradərili traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Azerbaijani qara

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

via Azerbaijani dərili

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