Дербент

Russian

Alternative forms

• Дербенд (Derbend)
• Дербе́ндъ (Derbénd) — pre-1918 spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دربند (Derbend, Derbent), from Persian دربند (darband, literally “bar of a door, bolt; a barrier”), from در (dar, “door, gate, passage”) +‎ بند (band, “band, tie, fastening”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dʲɪrˈbʲent]

Proper noun

Дербе́нт • (Derbént) m inan (genitive Дербе́нта)

1. Derbent (a city in Dagestan, Russia)

Declension

Declension of Дербе́нт (inan sg-only masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	Дербе́нт Derbént
genitive	Дербе́нта Derbénta
dative	Дербе́нту Derbéntu
accusative	Дербе́нт Derbént
instrumental	Дербе́нтом Derbéntom
prepositional	Дербе́нте Derbénte