Where does “qaraltı” come from?

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

qaraltı (Azerbaijani): shadow, silhouette

Definitions

  1. shadow, silhouette

Ancestry of “qaraltı”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Azerbaijaniqaralmaqto blacken, darken; to become black or dark
2Azerbaijaniqarablack; scary hallucination; ghost; nightmare,...
3Proto-Turkickarablack
Every word from Proto-Turkic kara →Every word from Azerbaijani qara →Every word from Azerbaijani qaralmaq →