Where does “Karabağlar” come from?
Karabağlar (Turkish) comes from Turkish kara, from Ottoman Turkish قاره, from French carré, from Middle French quarré, from Old French quarré, from Latin quadrātus, from Latin quadrō, from Latin quādrus — and.
Ancestry of “Karabağlar”, step by step
Karabağlar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Turkish kara
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | kara | black, dark; brunette; dark skinned |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | قاره | alternative spelling of قره; terra firma, land,... |
| 3 | French | carré | square; quadratic; straightforward |
| 4 | Middle French | quarré | — |
| 5 | Old French | quarré | square |
| 6 | Latin | quadrātus | square, squared, having been made square, made into a square shape |
| 7 | Latin | quadrō | to make four-cornered, square, make square |
| 8 | Latin | quādrus | square |
| 9 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 10 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 11 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 12 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |
via Turkish bağlar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | bağlar | — |
| 2 | Turkish | bağ | connection; lace; nexus |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | باغ | garden; vineyard |
| 4 | Persian | باغ | garden, orchard, bagh |
| 5 | Middle Persian | 𐭡𐭠𐭢 | garden, orchard |
| 6 | Old Persian | *bāgah | garden, orchard |
| 7 | Proto-Iranian | bāgáh | god |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | bʰāgás | division; allotment |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂gós | Paleo-Balkan oak |