Qırım

Crimean Tatar crh: قریم Qrьm Kîrîm Кърым / Къырым Qırım Etymology Recorded as chg قریم qırım in literary Chagatai language Chagatai. Further etymology is disputed and crh 1, some possibilities are as follows: A corruption of the source of en Cimmerian (la Cimmerium), From trk-pro *qurum protection, defense, From grc κρημνοί cliffs, mentioned by Herodotus, from grc κρημνός trench's edge,815 II Compared to xqa qarïm ditch and xqa قُرُمْ qorum a massive rock, a pile of rocks.for the forms, see 659-660 karım, korum. Pronunciation crh /qɯˈrɯm/ [qɨ̞̆ˈɾɨ̞m] crh Qı rım Proper noun crh proper noun crh Crimea Q7835 crh Qırım Hanlığı the Crimean Khanate Declension nıñ ğa nı da dan Related terms crh qırımlı Descendants ar القِرْم 1 chg قریم qırım⁠ 1 uz Qrim ug قىرىم la Crimaea 1 it Crimea fr Crimée ota قریم kırım 1 fa قرم qerem 1 tg Қрим 1 ru Крым 1 tg Крим 1 dated uk Крим 1 Notes n References Cimmerium in Encyclopedia Britannica 4th edition (1810). Alexander MacBean, Samuel Johnson, Cimmerium in A Dictionary of Ancient Geography (1773). George Vernadsky, Michael Karpovich, A History of Russia, Yale University Press, 1952, p. 53. Herodotus, The Histories, Book 4, chapter 20