English
Karatau
Karatau comes from Kazakh Қаратау.
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attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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A compound of қара ‘black’ + тау ‘mountain, mountains’
Proto-Turkic *kara ‘black’
Kazakh қара ‘black’
Proto-Turkic *tāg ‘mountain’
Kazakh тау ‘mountain, mountains’
Every English word from Kazakh Қаратау
Today it means
name A mountain range in Kazakhstan, the westernmost extension of the Tian Shan.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Kazakh Қаратау / Karatau