English
Kars
Kars comes from Ottoman Turkish قارص, and goes back to Middle Armenian Կարս.
- Middle Armenianc. 1100–1700Կարս
- Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928قارصKars
- Turkish1928–presentKars
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Armenianc. 1100–1700Կարս
- Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928قارصKars
- Turkish1928–presentKars
- Englishtodaysame form
The story
As a New Brunswick parish, named for the 1855 Siege of Kars in the Crimean War.
Every English word from Middle Armenian Կարս
Today it means
name A province in northeastern Turkey.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle Armenian Կարս / Kars