English [ edit ] Black Sea in the Crimea Etymology [ edit ] Calque of Ottoman Turkish قره دكز ( Kara Deñiz , “ Black Sea ” ) (modern Turkish Karadeniz kara ( “ black, dark; north ” ) + deniz ( “ sea ” ) ). Compare Russian Чёрное море ( Čórnoje more ) . The Turkish word is derived from the languages of the Near East, which is ultimately from an Old Iranian Ancient Greek Πόντος Ἄξεινος ( Póntos Áxeinos ) (first attested in 462 BC) is a rendering of Old Iranian *axšaina- ( “ dark-colored ” ) . The naming is according to the system in which color names indicated the cardinal points (black [or dark] for north, red for south, white for west, and green or light blue for east); compare Red Sea Achaemenids ; see Iranica for details.[1]
Pronunciation [ edit ] Proper noun [ edit ] The Black Sea
An inland sea bound by Southeastern Europe in the west, Eastern Europe in the north and northeast, and Turkey in the south. Derived terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] an inland sea between southeastern Europe and Asia Minor
Abkhaz: Амшын Еиқәа ( Amŝən Ejkʷa )
Adyghe: Хы Шӏуцӏ ( Xə Šʷʼucʼ )
Afrikaans: Swartsee (af)
Albanian: Deti i Zi m
Amharic: ጥቁር ባሕር ( ṭəḳur baḥr )
Arabic: الْبَحْر الْأَسْوَد m ( al-baḥr al-ʔaswad ) , بَحْرُ نِيطَش m ( baḥru nīṭaš ) ( obsolete )
Aragonese: Mar Negro m Mar Negra f
Armenian: Սեւ ծով ( Sew cov )
Assamese: কৃষ্ণ সাগৰ ( krisno xagor )
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܝܵܡܵܐ ܐ݇ܟܘܿܡܵܐ m ( yāmā kōmā )
Asturian: Mar Negru m
Azerbaijani: Qara dəniz (az)
Balinese: Segara Cemeng
Bashkir: Ҡара диңгеҙ ( Qara diñgeź )
Basque: Itsaso Beltza
Bavarian: Schwoazz Meea Schwoazzes Meea
Belarusian: Чо́рнае мо́ра n ( Čórnaje móra )
Bengali: কালা দরিয়া ( kala doriẏa ) , কৃষ্ণ সাগর ( kriśno śagor )
Breton: Mor Du
Bulgarian: Че́рно море́ n ( Čérno moré )
Burmese: ပင်လယ်နက် ( panglainak )
Catalan: Mar Negra f
Chechen: ӏаьржа хӏорд ( ˀärža hord )
Chinese:
Eastern Min: Ŭ-hāi
Gan: 黑海
Hakka: Vû-hói
Mandarin: 黑海 (zh) ( Hēihǎi )
Wu: 黑海 ( 7 heq-he)
Chuvash: Хура тинӗс ( Hura t̬inĕs )
Cornish: Mor Du
Corsican: Mari neru
Crimean Tatar: Qara deñiz
Czech: Černé moře (cs) n
Danish: Sortehavet (da) n ( definite form. The indefinite form is not used. )
Dutch: Zwarte Zee (nl) f
Esperanto: Nigra Maro (eo)
Estonian: Must meri
Extremaduran: Mari Negru
Faroese: Svartahavið n
Finnish: Mustameri (fi)
French: mer Noire (fr) f
Gagauz: Kara deniz
Galician: Mar Negro m
Georgian: შავი ზღვა (ka) ( šavi zɣva )
German: Schwarzes Meer (de) n
Greek: Μαύρη Θάλασσα (el) f ( Mávri Thálassa ) , Εύξεινος Πόντος (el) m ( Éfxeinos Póntos )
Ancient: Εὔξεινος Πόντος m ( Eúxeinos Póntos )
Guaraní: Para Hũ
Gujarati: કાળો સમુદ્ર ( kāḷo samudra )
Hebrew: הַיָּם הַשָּׁחֹר \ הים השחור m ( ha-yam ha-shakhór )
Hindi: कृष्ण सागर m ( kŕṣṇa sāgar ) , काला समुद्र m ( kālā samudra ) , काला समुंदर m ( kālā samundar ) , काला सागर m ( kālā sāgar )
Hungarian: Fekete-tenger (hu)
Icelandic: Svartahaf n
Ido: Nigra Maro (io)
Ilocano: Baybay Nangisit
Indonesian: Laut Hitam
Ingrian: Musta meri
Ingush: ӏаьржа форд ( ˀärža ford )
Interlingua: Mar Nigre
Irish: an Mhuir Dhubh f
Italian: Mar Nero m
Jamaican Creole: Blak Sii
Japanese: 黒海 (ja) ( こっかい, Kokkai )
Javanese: Segara Ireng
Kabardian: Хы Фӏыцӏэ ( Xə Fʼəcʼɛ )
Kabiyé: Teŋgʊ Kɩkpɛdʊʊ
Kabyle: Ilel Aberkan
Kalmyk: Хар теңгс ( Xar teñgs )
Kannada: ಕಪ್ಪು ಸಮುದ್ರ ( kappu samudra )
Karachay-Balkar: Къара тенгиз ( Qara teñiz )
Karakalpak: Qara teńiz
Kashubian: Czôrné Mòrze n
Kazakh: Қара теңіз ( Qara teñız )
Khmer: សមុទ្រខ្មៅ ( saʼmot khmaw )
Komi-Zyrian: Сьӧд саридз ( Śöd saridź )
Korean: 흑해(黑海) ( Heukhae )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: دەریای ڕەش (ckb) ( deryay reş )
Northern Kurdish: Derya Reş (ku)
Kyrgyz: Кара деңиз ( Kara deŋiz )
Ladino: Mar Preta
Lak: Лухӏи хьхьири ( Luħi x̂:iri )
Lao: ທະເລດຳ (lo) ( tha lē dam )
Latin: Pontus Euxinus m Pontus m
Latvian: Melnā jūra
Lezgi: Чӏулав гьуьл ( Č̣ulav hül )
Ligurian: Mâ Neigro
Limburgish: Zwarte Zie
Lithuanian: Juodoji jūra (lt)
Lombard: Mar Negher
Luxembourgish: Schwaarzt Mier
Macedonian: Црно Море n ( Crno More )
Malagasy: Ranomasina Mainty
Malay: Laut Hitam
Malayalam: കരിങ്കടല് ( kariṅkaṭalŭ )
Maltese: Baħar l-Iswed
Manx: Mooir Ghoo f
Marathi: काळा समुद्र ( kāḷā samudra )
Mari:
Eastern Mari: Шем теҥыз ( Šem teŋyz )
Western Mari: Шим тангыж ( Šim tangyž )
Middle Persian: 𐭮𐭩𐭠𐭡𐭭 ( syʾbn /siyābun/ )
Mingrelian: უჩა ზუღა ( uča zuɣa )
Mirandese: Mar Negro
Moksha: Равжа иневедь ( Ravža ińeveď )
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Хар тэнгис ( Xar tengis )
Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠷᠠ ( qar-a teŋgis )
Navajo: Tónteel diłhił
Nepali: कृष्ण सागर ( kr̥ṣṇa sāgar )
Norman: Néthe Mé f
Norwegian: Svartehavet (no) n
Occitan: Mar Negra f Mar Nêra f ( Provençal )
Old Norse: Svartahaf n
Ossetian: Сау денджыз ( Saw denǵyz )
Ottoman Turkish: بحر سیاه ( Bahr-i Siyah ) , قره دڭز ( Kara deñiz )
Pashto: تور سمندر
Persian: دریای سیاه (fa) ( daryâ-ye siyâh )
Piedmontese: Mar Nèir
Polish: Morze Czarne (pl) n
Pontic Greek: Μαύρον Θάλασσα ( Mávron Thálassa )
Portuguese: Mar Negro m
Punjabi: ਕਾਲ਼ਾ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ ( kāḷā samundar )
Quechua: Yana hatun qucha
Romani: Kali Deryav
Romanian: Marea Neagră (ro) f
Russian: Чёрное мо́ре (ru) n ( Čórnoje móre )
Sardinian: Mare Nieddu
Saterland Frisian: Swotte See
Scottish Gaelic: Am Muir Dubh
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Црно море n
Roman: Crno more (sh) n
Shona: Bhahari Tema
Sicilian: Mari Nìguru m
Sindhi: ڪارو سمنڊ m
Sinhalese: කළු මුහුද (si) ( kaḷu muhuda ) , කම්ඵ මුහුද ( kampha muhuda )
Slovak: Čierne more n
Slovene: Čŕno mórje (sl) n
Somali: Badda Madow
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Carne mórjo n
Upper Sorbian: Čorne morjo n
Southern Altai: Кара талай ( Kara talay ) , Кара теҥис ( Kara teŋis )
Spanish: Mar Negro m
Swahili: Bahari Nyeusi
Swedish: Svarta havet (sv) n
Tabasaran: Кӏару гьюл ( Ḳaru hjul )
Tagalog: Dagat Itim
Tajik: Баҳри Сиёҳ ( Bahri Siyoh )
Tamil: கருங்கடல் ( karuṅkaṭal )
Tatar: Кара диңгез ( Qara diñgez )
Telugu: నల్ల సముద్రం (te) ( nalla samudraṁ )
Thai: ทะเลดำ ( tá-lee dam )
Tsonga: Lwandle ra Ntima
Turkish: Karadeniz (tr)
Turkmen: Gara deňiz
Tuvan: Кара далай ( Kara dalay )
Tyap: A̱dyundyung Kyai A̱sa̱khwot
Udmurt: Сьӧд зарезь ( Śöd zareź )
Ukrainian: Чо́рне мо́ре (uk) n ( Čórne móre )
Urdu: بحیرہ اسود
Uyghur: قارا دېڭىز ( qara dë'ngiz )
Uzbek: Qora dengiz
Venetian: Mar Néro m
Vietnamese: Biển Đen Hắc Hải
Volapük: Blägamel (vo)
Walloon: Noere Mer
Waray-Waray: Itom nga Dagat
Welsh: Môr Du m
West Frisian: Swarte See (fy) n
Western Panjabi: کاݪا سمندر
Written Oirat: ᡍᠠᠷᠠ ( xara tengges )
Xhosa: Ulwandle olumnyama
Yakut: Хара байҕал ( Qara bayğal )
Yiddish: שווארצער ים m ( shvartser yam )
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