Etymograph

English

Stepanakert

Stepanakert comes from Armenian Ստեփանակերտ, and goes back to Old Armenian Ստեփաննոս.

  1. Old Armenianc. 400–1100Ստեփաննոս
  2. ArmenianmodernՍտեփան
  3. Armenian, derivedmodernՍտեփանակերտStepʻanakert
  4. EnglishtodayStepanakert

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old Armenianc. 400–1100Ստեփաննոս
  2. ArmenianmodernՍտեփան
  3. Armenian, derivedmodernՍտեփանակերտStepʻanakert
  4. EnglishtodayStepanakert

The story

Named after Stepan Shahumyan, a communist revolutionary active throughout the Caucasus.

Today it means

name The capital of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.

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

Etymograph / Old Armenian Ստեփաննոս / Stepanakert