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Кавказ

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Bashkir

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Etymology

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From Russian Кавказ (Kavkaz).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [käf.ˈkäz]
  • Hyphenation: Кав‧каз

Noun

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Кавказ (Kavkaz)

  1. Caucasus (a region in Eurasia)
    Кавказда ир бала тыуыуҙы мылтыҡтан атып хəбəр итəлəр.
    Kavkazda ir bala tıwıwźı mıltıqtan atıp xəbər itələr.
    In the Caucasus, they would fire a rifle to signal that a boy is born.

Declension

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Declension of Кавказ
singular only
absolute Кавказ (Kavkaz)
definite genitive Кавказдың (Kavkazdıñ)
dative Кавказға (Kavkazğa)
definite accusative Кавказды (Kavkazdı)
locative Кавказда (Kavkazda)
ablative Кавказдан (Kavkazdan)

Russian

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Καύκασος (Kaúkasos), ultimately of Iranian origin.

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Was already attested in Old East Slavic as Кавкасийскыѣ горы (Kavkasijskyjě gory), a calque of Καυκάσια ὄρη, however according to Vasmer and Trubachyov the current form Кавказ (Kavkaz) stems from French Caucase and German Kaukasus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [kɐfˈkas]
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Proper noun

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Кавка́з (Kavkázm inan (genitive Кавка́за)

  1. Caucasus
    на Кавка́зеna Kavkázein the Caucasus

Declension

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Descendants

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References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “Кавказ”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kǎʋkaz/
  • Hyphenation: Кав‧каз

Proper noun

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Ка̀вказ m (Latin spelling Kàvkaz)

  1. Caucasus

Declension

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Καύκασος (Kaúkasos).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Кавка́з (Kavkázm inan (genitive Кавка́зу, uncountable, relational adjective кавка́зький)

  1. Caucasus

Declension

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Declension of Кавка́з
(inan sg-only hard masc-form accent-a)
singular
nominative Кавка́з
Kavkáz
genitive Кавка́зу
Kavkázu
dative Кавка́зові, Кавка́зу
Kavkázovi, Kavkázu
accusative Кавка́з
Kavkáz
instrumental Кавка́зом
Kavkázom
locative Кавка́зу, Кавка́зі
Kavkázu, Kavkázi
vocative Кавка́зе
Kavkáze

Derived terms

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nouns

References

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