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Karabakh

/kɑːɹəˈbɑːk/

Karabakh proper noun: 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.

Proper noun

Karabakh

  1. 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.
  2. (informal) Nagorno-Karabakh Republic

Karabakh meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Arabic and Persian

Karabakh in Urdu

geographic region
قَرَہ باغ qara bāġ

Karabakh in Bengali

geographic region
কারাবাখ karabakh

Karabakh in Arabic

geographic region
قَرَه بَاغ qarah bāḡ

Karabakh in Persian

geographic region
قرهباغ qare-bâġ

Forms of Karabakh

alternative formKarabagh
alternative formGarabagh

Origin of Karabakh

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

Words formed from Karabakh

Phrases with Karabakh

Questions about Karabakh

What does Karabakh mean?
Karabakh means 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.
What is Karabakh in Urdu?
Karabakh in Urdu is قَرَہ باغ (qara bāġ). See Karabakh meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is Karabakh?
Karabakh is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Karabakh?
Karabakh is pronounced /kɑːɹəˈbɑːk/ (UK).

Words near Karabakh in the dictionary

  1. Karaak Flat
  2. Karabagh
  3. Karabaghian
  4. Karabaghians
  5. Karabaghs
  6. Karabakh
  7. Karabakhian
  8. Karabakhians
  9. Karabar
  10. karabe
  11. Karabeal

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