قره‌باغ

Persian

Alternative forms

قراباغ (qarâbâġ)

Etymology

Morphologically (qara / ġare, “black”) +‎ (bāġ / bâġ, “garden”); see Armenian Ղարաբաղ (Ġarabaġ) and Azerbaijani Qarabağ.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /qa.ra.ˈbaːɣ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qä.ɾä.bɑ́ːɣ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qä.ɾä.bɑ́ːɣ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qä.ɾä.bɔ́ːɣ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qæ.ɹe.bɒ́ːɢ̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qä.ɾä.bɔ́ʁ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	qara-bāġ
Dari reading^?	qara-bāġ
Iranian reading^?	ġare-bâġ
Tajik reading^?	qara-boġ

Proper noun

قره‌باغ • (qara-bāġ / ġare-bâġ) (Tajik spelling Қарабоғ)

Karabakh (region in the South Caucasus)

Derived terms

قره‌باغ کوهستانی (qare-bâġ-e kuhestâni, “Mountainous Karabakh”)
ناگورنو قره‌باغ (nâgorno qare-bâġ, “Nagorno-Karabakh”)