Bakhmut
/bɑxˈmut/
Bakhmut proper noun: a city, the administrative centre of Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
Proper noun
Bakhmut
- A city, the administrative centre of Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
- Moscow also appeared to be building up forces and increasing its military efforts on the eastern Donbas front around the key town of Bakhmut.2022 November 22, Lorenzo Tondo, “Ukraine’s security service raids Russian-backed monastery in Kyiv”, in The Guardian
- The armoured unit has been operating for months in defence of Bakhmut city, but incomer Danill, a junior tank commander, has yet to see the fierce combat there.2023 April 2, Dan Sabbagh, Ed Ram, “Surrounded and outgunned, Ukraine’s tank crews prepare for battle of Bakhmut”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
- The 2022 Battle of Bakhmut, which occurred around the city during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
- Synonyms:
- Artemivsk (1924-2016), Artyomovsk (1924-1992, Russian usage)
Bakhmut meaning in Marathi
Bakhmut in Marathi
- city
- बखमूट bakhmūṭ
Synonyms of Bakhmut
- Artemivsk (1924-2016)
- Artyomovsk (1924-1992, Russian usage)
- Bakhmut District
- Bakhmut Raion
- District of Bakhmut
- Raion of Bakhmut
Forms of Bakhmut
| alternative form | Bachmut |
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Origin of Bakhmut
Borrowed from Ukrainian Бахму́т (Baxmút). Named after the nearby Bakhmutka River (aka Bakhmut River), the name of which apparently derives from the word Ukrainian бахма́т (baxmát, “pony; war-horse, pack-horse”) (cf. Russian бахма́т (baxmát) and Polish bachmat), from a Turkic language. Regarding the word бахмат (baxmat) (and its Russian and Polish cognates), linguists offer the following hypotheses: * It is considered a borrowing from a Turkic (Crimean Tatar, or rather Nogai) language paχn at, in which it is explained (according to Lokotsch and Miklosich, for example) as a compound word formed from Persian پهن (pahn, “wide, broad”) (cf. Ottoman Turkish پهن (pehn)) + at (“horse”) of Common Turkic origin (cf. Nogai at, Crimean Tatar at). Vasmer considers this highly unlikely. * Menges derives it from a Turkic form of the name Mähmäd ("Mohammed") (cf. Old East Slavic Бохмитъ (Boxmitŭ, “Магомет/Magomet”). Presumably related place names: Бахматівці, Bachmatówka, Bachmackie Kolonie, Bahmut.
Questions about Bakhmut
- What does Bakhmut mean?
- Bakhmut means a city, the administrative centre of Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
- What is Bakhmut in Marathi?
- Bakhmut in Marathi is बखमूट (bakhmūṭ). See Bakhmut meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is Bakhmut?
- Bakhmut is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Bakhmut?
- Bakhmut is pronounced /bɑxˈmut/.
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