Степанакерт

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Armenian Ստեփանակերտ (Stepʻanakert). By the decree of the Central Executive Committee of the Azerbaijan SSR of August 10, 1923, the village of Khankendi was renamed the city of Stepanakert in honor of the head of the Baku Commune Stepan Shahumyan. First attested in the August 10, 1923.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sʲtʲɪpənɐˈkʲert]

Proper noun

Степанаке́рт • (Stepanakért) m inan (genitive Степанаке́рта)

1. Stepanakert (the capital city of Artsakh, a former breakaway state internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan)

   Synonym: Ханкенди́ (Xankendí)

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	Степанаке́рт Stepanakért
genitive	Степанаке́рта Stepanakérta
dative	Степанаке́рту Stepanakértu
accusative	Степанаке́рт Stepanakért
instrumental	Степанаке́ртом Stepanakértom
prepositional	Степанаке́рте Stepanakérte