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Bakhmut
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English
thumb|Bakhmut Raion
Alternative forms
en Bachmut
Etymology
en uk Бахму́т. Named after the nearby en Bakhmutka River (aka Bakhmut River), the name of which apparently derives from the word en uk бахма́т pony; war-horse, pack-horse (cf. ru бахма́т and pl bachmat), from a Turkic languages Turkic language.бахмат 89 1 Regarding the word uk бахмат (and its Russian and Polish cognates), linguists offer the following hypotheses:
It is considered a borrowing from a Turkic (Crimean Tatar language Crimean Tatar, or rather Tatar language Nogai) language paχn at, in which it is explained (according to Karl Lokotsch Lokotsch de128 11-12 and Franz Miklosich Miklosich,Franz Miklosich Miklosich, Fr. Etymologisches Worterbuch der slavischen Sprachen https://archive.org/details/etymologischesw00mikluoft/mode/2up Wien Wien W. Braumüller 1886 414 https://archive.org/details/etymologischesw00mikluoft/page/n419/mode/2up for example) as a compound word formed from en fa پهن pahn wide, broad (cf. ota پهن pehn) + at (“horse”) of Common Turkic languages Common Turkic origin (cf. nog at, crh at).бахмат Max Vasmer Vasmer considers this highly unlikely.бахмат
Karl Heinrich Menges Menges derives it from a Turkic form of the name Mähmäd ("Mohammed")бахмат (cf. orv Бохмитъ Магомет/Magomet.бахмат
Presumably related place names: Бахматівці uk, Bachmatówka, Bachmackie Kolonie, Bahmut.
Pronunciation
en /bɑxˈmut/ /bɑkˈmut/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Bakhmut.wav Southern England
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Bakhmut2.wav Southern England
Proper noun
en city/administrative centre raion/Bakhmut oblast/Donetsk c/Ukraine.
en 2022-11-22 Lorenzo Tondo Ukraine’s security service raids Russian-backed monastery in Kyiv w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/22/ukraine-security-service-raids-1000-year-old-monastery-in-kyiv Moscow also appeared to be building up forces and increasing its military efforts on the eastern Donbas front around the key town of Bakhmut.
en Dan Sabbagh; Ed Ram Surrounded and outgunned, Ukraine’s tank crews prepare for battle of Bakhmut w:The Guardian 2023-04-02 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/02/surrounded-and-outgunned-ukraines-tank-crews-prepare-for-battle-of-bakhmut 0261-3077 The armoured unit has been operating for months in defence of Bakhmut city, but incomer Danill, a junior tank commander, has yet to see the fierce combat there.
en historical en miskrada raion/Bakhmut obl/Donetsk c/Ukraine disestablished in June 2019.
en uhrom raion/Bakhmut oblast/Donetsk c/Ukraine established in June 2019.
en raion oblast/Donetsk c/Ukraine established in 1923.
The 2022 Battle of Bakhmut, which occurred around the city during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Synonyms
en city Artemivsk<qq:1924-2016><t:former name from Ukrainian> Artyomovsk<qq:1924-1992, Russian usage><t:former name from Russian>
en raion Bakhmut Raion Raion of Bakhmut Bakhmut District District of Bakhmut
Meronyms
en constituent settlements of the miskrada :Bakhmut<qq:city, administrative centre> Krasna Hora<qq:urban-type settlement>
en constituent hromadas of the raion :Bakhmut<qq:urban hromada> Chasiv Yar<qq:urban hromada> Siversk<qq:urban hromada> Soledar<qq:urban hromada> Svitlodarsk<qq:urban hromada> Toretsk<qq:urban hromada> Zvanivka<qq:rural hromada>
en constituent settlements of the urban hromada :Bakhmut<qq:city> Khromove<qq:rural settlement> Krasna Hora<qq:rural settlement> Opytne<qq:rural settlement> Yahidne<qq:rural settlement> Zelenopillia<qq:rural settlement> Andriivka<qq:village> Berkhivka<qq:village> Ivanhrad<qq:village> Ivanivske<qq:village> Klishchiivka<qq:village> Klynove<qq:village> Midna Ruda<qq:village> Nova Kamianka<qq:village> Pokrovske<qq:village> Vershyna<qq:village> Vesela Dolyna<qq:village> Vidrodzhennia<qq:village> Zaitseve<qq:village>
Translations
city
Armenian: hy Բախմուտ
Bashkir: ba Баҡмыт
Belarusian: be Бахму́т m
Bulgarian: bg Бахму́т m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 巴赫穆特
Crimean Tatar: crh Bahmut
Czech: cs Bachmut m
Dutch: nl Bachmoet n
Finnish: fi Bah’mut
French: fr Bakhmout m
Georgian: ka ბახმუტი
German: de Bachmut n
Greek: el Μπαχμούτ n
Japanese: ja バフムート Bafumūto
Korean: ko ^바흐무트
Latvian: lv Bahmuta f
Lithuanian: lt Bachmutas m
Macedonian: mk Ба́хмут m
Marathi: mr बखमूट
Polish: pl Bachmut m
Russian: ru Бахму́т m
Spanish: es Bajmut m
Swedish: sv Bachmut n
Turkish: tr Bahmut
Ukrainian: uk Бахму́т m
See also
en Bachmut Bahmut Bahamut
References
Further reading
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