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Karadeniz

Turkish

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Karadeniz

Etymology

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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”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [kä.ɾä́.d̪e̞.n̪iz̪]
  • Hyphenation: Ka‧ra‧de‧niz

Proper noun

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Karadeniz

  1. Black Sea
  2. a surname

Declension

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This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

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