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Where does “Караба́х” come from?

Караба́х (Russian) comes from Azerbaijani Qarabağ, from Azerbaijani qara, from Proto-Turkic kara — black.

Караба́х (Russian): Karabakh

Definitions

  1. Karabakh

Ancestry of “Караба́х”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AzerbaijaniQarabağ—
2Azerbaijaniqarablack; scary hallucination; ghost; nightmare,...
3Proto-Turkickarablack

Words derived from “Караба́х”

  • Karabakh
  • Karabakhian
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