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bakhchisaray

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.08 in modern English

Syllables
bakhchis-aray
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city in Crimea, internationally recognized as part of Ukraine but de facto in Russia; the former capital of the Crimean Khanate.

name

A raion of Crimea, Ukraine.

Etymology

From Russian Бахчисара́й (Baxčisaráj), from Crimean Tatar Bağçasaray, from Ottoman Turkish باغچه (bağçe, “garden”), from Persian باغچه (bâġče, “[small] garden”) and سرای (sarây, “house, palace”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Бахчисара́й, Bağçasaray, باغچه

Inflected Forms

Bakhchysarai (alternative) Bağçasaray (alternative)

Questions

What does bakhchisaray mean?
A city in Crimea, internationally recognized as part of Ukraine but de facto in Russia; the former capital of the Crimean Khanate.
Where does bakhchisaray come from?
It is traced to Russian.

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