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derbent

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.23 in modern English

Syllables
der-bent
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

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A city in Dagestan, Russia.

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Various places in Turkey

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Various places in Turkey:

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish دربند (Derbend, Derbent), from Persian دربند (darband, literally “bar of a door, bolt; a barrier”), from در (dar, “door, gate, passage”) + بند (band, “band, tie, fastening”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Derbend (alternative) Darband (alternative)

Questions

What does derbent mean?
A city in Dagestan, Russia.
Where does derbent come from?
It is traced to Persian.

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