Etymograph

English

Karin Tak

Karin Tak comes from Armenian Քարին Տակ.

  1. ArmenianmodernՔարին Տակliterally ‘below the rock’
  2. EnglishtodayKarin Tak

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. ArmenianmodernՔարին Տակliterally ‘below the rock’
  2. EnglishtodayKarin Tak

The story

From Armenian Քարին Տակ (Kʻarin Tak, literally “below the rock”), referring to the sheer vertical cliffs towering above the village, on top of which Shushi is built.

Today it means

name A village in Artsakh (a former unrecognized state, now annexed by Azerbaijan and, as a result, abandoned by its population).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Armenian Քարին Տակ / Karin Tak