Where does “Karabakh” come from?
Karabakh comes from Russian Караба́х, derived from Proto-Turkic kara, literally meaning black.
Ancestry of “Karabakh”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | Караба́х | Karabakh |
| 2 | Azerbaijani | Qarabağ | — |
| 3 | Azerbaijani | qara | black; scary hallucination; ghost; nightmare,... |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | kara | black |
Words derived from “Karabakh”