Bakhchisaray
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- Bakhchysarai (from Ukrainian)
- Bağçasaray (from Crimean Tatar)
Etymology edit
From Russian Бахчисара́й (Baxčisaráj), from Crimean Tatar Bağçasaray, from Ottoman Turkish باغچه (bağçe, “garden”), from Persian باغچه (bâğče, “[small] garden”) and سرای (sarây, “house, palace”).
Proper noun edit
Bakhchisaray
- A city in Crimea, internationally recognized as part of Ukraine but de facto in Russia; the former capital of the Crimean Khanate.
- A raion of Crimea, Ukraine
Translations edit
city in Crimea
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