Where does “Karabakh” come from?

Karabakh comes from Russian Караба́х, derived from Proto-Turkic kara, literally meaning black.

Karabakh (English): A geographic region in present-day southwestern Azerbaijan and eastern Armenia. It includes three regions: Highland Karabakh (present-day Nagorno-Karabakh), Lowland Karabakh (the southern Kura-steppes) and a part of Syunik

Definitions

  1. A geographic region in present-day southwestern Azerbaijan and eastern Armenia. It includes three regions: Highland Karabakh (present-day Nagorno-Karabakh), Lowland Karabakh (the southern Kura-steppes) and a part of Syunik

Ancestry of “Karabakh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianКараба́хKarabakh
2AzerbaijaniQarabağKarabakh Region in the South Caucasus, in southwestern Azerbaijan and eastern Armenia
3Azerbaijaniqarablack; scary hallucination; ghost; nightmare,...
4Proto-Turkickarablack

Words derived from “Karabakh”

Every word from Proto-Turkic kara →Every word from Azerbaijani qara →Every word from Azerbaijani Qarabağ →