Where does “Karabakhian” come from?
Karabakhian (English) comes from English ian, from Irish Eoin, from Old Irish Iohain, from Latin Iōannēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης, from Hebrew יוחנן, from Hebrew חנון, from Moroccan Arabic خنونة.
Karabakhian (English): Of or relating to Karabakh, Nagorno-Karabakh or...
Definitions
- Of or relating to Karabakh, Nagorno-Karabakh or...
Ancestry of “Karabakhian”, step by step
Karabakhian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ian
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ian | — |
| 2 | Irish | Eoin | John any of several people in the Bible |
| 3 | Old Irish | Iohain | John apostle |
| 4 | Latin | Iōannēs | John biblical persons |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ἰωάννης | — |
| 6 | Hebrew | יוחנן | Yahweh is gracious |
| 7 | Hebrew | חנון | gracious, merciful, compassionate; passive... |
| 8 | Moroccan Arabic | خنونة | mucus, snot |
| 9 | Arabic | خُنَّة | — |
via English Karabakh
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Karabakh | 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 |
| 2 | Russian | Караба́х | Karabakh |
| 3 | Azerbaijani | Qarabağ | Karabakh Region in the South Caucasus, in southwestern Azerbaijan and eastern Armenia |
| 4 | Azerbaijani | qara | black; scary hallucination; ghost; nightmare,... |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | kara | black |