Karadeniz

1. Black Sea
2. a surname

Pronounced as (IPA)

[kä.ɾä́.d̪e̞.n̪iz̪]

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: قره دكز

Cognate with Chuvash: Хура тинӗс

Cognate with Mongolian: Хар тэнгис

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”).

Concepts

Black Sea

Euxinesea

Pontus Euxinus

Synonyms

Bahriesved

Bahrisiyah

Translations

Schwarzes Meer

Zwarte Zee

Mar Nero

mer Noire

Morze Czarne

Mar Negro

Mar Negro

Μαύρη Θάλασσα

Pontus Euxinus

بحر أسود

Mar Negra

Mer Noire

Mar Negra

Εύξεινος Πόντος

mar Negra

Sentences

Oradan Karadeniz kıyısına geldiler.

From there, they came to the Black Sea coast.