Karadeniz

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Oradan  Karadeniz  kıyısına geldiler.

From there, they came to the Black Sea coast.

Meaning

  1. Black Sea
  2. a surname

Concepts

Euxinesea

Pontus Euxinus

Synonyms

Bahriesved

Bahrisiyah

Translations

Mar Nero

Mar Negro

Μαύρη Θάλασσα

Pontus Euxinus

بحر أسود

Mar Negra

Mer Noire

Mar Negra

Εύξεινος Πόντος

Pronounced as (IPA)
[kä.ɾä́.d̪e̞.n̪iz̪]
Etymology

In summary

Directly, from Ottoman Turkish قره دكز (Kara Deñiz). Perhaps going back to Proto-Turkic *kara teŋiŕ (literally “north sea; black sea”) (compare Chuvash Хура тинӗс (Hura t̬inĕs)) or earlier (compare Mongolian Хар тэнгис (Xar tengis)), equivalent to kara (“black; north”) + deniz (“sea”).

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