Степанакерт

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Armenian Ստեփանակերտ (Stepʻanakert). By the decree of the Central Executive Committee of the Azerbaijan SSR of August 10, 1923, the village of Khankendi was renamed the city of Stepanakert in honor of the head of the Baku Commune Stepan Shahumyan. First attested in the August 10, 1923.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sʲtʲɪpənɐˈkʲert]

Proper noun

Степанаке́рт • (Stepanakért) m inan (genitive Степанаке́рта)

  1. Stepanakert (the capital city of Artsakh, a former breakaway state internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan)
    Synonym: Ханкенди́ (Xankendí)

Declension

Declension of Степанаке́рт (inan sg-only masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular
nominative Степанаке́рт
Stepanakért
genitive Степанаке́рта
Stepanakérta
dative Степанаке́рту
Stepanakértu
accusative Степанаке́рт
Stepanakért
instrumental Степанаке́ртом
Stepanakértom
prepositional Степанаке́рте
Stepanakérte
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