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karabakh

/kɑːɹəˈbɑːk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.61 in modern English

Syllables
karabakh
IPA
/kɑːɹəˈbɑːk/
21
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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.

name

Nagorno-Karabakh Republic

Informal

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Караба́х (Karabáx), from Azerbaijani Qarabağ, ultimately from Turkic *kara (“black”) and Persian باغ (bâġ, “garden”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Караба́х, Qarabağ, -, باغ

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /kɑːɹəˈbɑːk/

Usage

Inflected Forms

Karabagh (alternative) Garabagh (alternative)

Derived Forms

Karabakhian

Phrases

Nagorno-Karabakh Nagorno-Karabakh Republic

Frequently Paired Words

Nagorno-Karabakh Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Artsakh

Questions

How do you pronounce karabakh?
The recorded pronunciation is /kɑːɹəˈbɑːk/.
What does karabakh mean?
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.
Where does karabakh come from?
It is traced to Russian.

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