Bakhchisaray

English

Alternative forms

• Bakhchysarai (from Ukrainian)
• Bağçasaray (from Crimean Tatar)

Etymology

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

Bakhchisaray

1. A city in Crimea, internationally recognized as part of Ukraine but de facto in Russia; the former capital of the Crimean Khanate.
2. A raion of Crimea, Ukraine

Translations

city in Crimea

• Armenian: Բախչիսարայ (hy) (Baxčʿisaray)
• Azerbaijani: Bağçasaray
• Belarusian: Бахчысара́й m (Baxčysaráj)
• Bulgarian: Бахчисара́й m (Bahčisaráj)
• Crimean Tatar: Bağçasaray
• Kazakh: Бақшасарай (Baqşasarai)
• Kyrgyz: Бакчасарай (Bakcasaray)
• Marathi: बाखचिसराय (bākhcisarāy)
• Persian: باغچه‌سرای (bâğče-sarây)
• Polish: Bakczysaraj (pl) m
• Romanian: Bahcisarai
• Russian: Бахчисара́й (ru) m (Baxčisaráj)
• Turkish: Bahçesaray (tr)
• Ukrainian: Бахчисара́й (uk) m (Baxčysaráj)
• Uzbek: Boqchasaroy

Anagrams

• Bakhchysarai