Бахмут

Бахмут

Russian

Alternative forms

• Бахму́тъ (Baxmút) – Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɐxˈmut]

Proper noun

Бахму́т • (Baxmút) m inan (genitive Бахму́та, related adjective бахму́тский)

1. Bakhmut (a city in Donetsk Oblast, in eastern Ukraine)

Declension

Declension of Бахму́т (inan sg-only masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	Бахму́т Baxmút
genitive	Бахму́та Baxmúta
dative	Бахму́ту Baxmútu
accusative	Бахму́т Baxmút
instrumental	Бахму́том Baxmútom
prepositional	Бахму́те Baxmúte

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Ukrainian

Etymology

Named after the nearby Bakhmutovka River (aka Bakhmut River), the name of which apparently derives from the word Ukrainian бахма́т (baxmát, “pony; war-horse, pack-horse”) (cf. Russian бахма́т (baxmát) and Polish bachmat), from a Turkic language)[1]. Regarding the word бахмат (baxmat) (and its Russian and Polish cognates), linguists offer the following hypotheses:

• It is considered a borrowing from a Turkic (Crimean Tatar, or rather Nogai) language paχn at, in which it is explained (according to Lokotsch[2] and Miklosich[3], for example) as a compound word formed from Persian پهن‎ (pahn, “wide, broad”) (cf. Ottoman Turkish پهن‎ (pehn)) + at (“horse”) of Common Turkic origin (cf. Nogai at, Crimean Tatar at).[4] Vasmer considers this highly unlikely.[5]
• Menges derives it from a Turkic form of the name Mähmäd ("Mohammed")[6] (cf. Old East Slavic Бохмитъ (Boxmitŭ, “Магомет/Magomet”).[7]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɐxˈmut]

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Proper noun

Бахму́т • (Baxmút) m inan (genitive Бахму́та, uncountable, related adjective бахму́тський)

1. Bakhmut (a city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine)

Declension

Declension of Бахму́т (inan sg-only hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	Бахму́т Baxmút
genitive	Бахму́та Baxmúta
dative	Бахму́тові, Бахму́ту Baxmútovi, Baxmútu
accusative	Бахму́т Baxmút
instrumental	Бахму́том Baxmútom
locative	Бахму́ту, Бахму́ті Baxmútu, Baxmúti
vocative	Бахму́те Baxmúte

References

1. Rudnyc'kyj, Jaroslav B. (1962–1972), “бахмат”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language (in English), volume 1: А – Ґ, Winnipeg: Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences, page 89
2. Lokotsch, Karl (1927) Etymologisches Wörterbuch der europäischen Wörter orientalischen Ursprungs (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, § 128, page 11-12
3. Miklosich, Fr. (1886) Etymologisches Worterbuch der slavischen Sprachen‎, Wien: Wien W. Braumüller, archived from [ the original] on, page 414
4. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “бахмат”, in Етимологічний словник української мови: у 7 т. [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 7 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
5. Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “бахмат”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
6. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “бахмат”, in Етимологічний словник української мови: у 7 т. [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 7 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
7. Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “бахмат”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress

Further reading

• “Бахмут”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• Rudnyc'kyj, Jaroslav B. (1962–1972), “бахмат”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language (in English), volume 1: А – Ґ, Winnipeg: Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences, page 89
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “бахмат”, in Етимологічний словник української мови: у 7 т. [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 7 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Lokotsch, Karl (1927) Etymologisches Wörterbuch der europäischen Wörter orientalischen Ursprungs (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, § 128, page 11-12
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “бахмат”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: ProgressVasmer, Max (1964–1973), “бахмат”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress