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Bakhmut en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /bɑxˈmut/
• /bɑkˈmut/

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian Бахму́т (Baxmút). Named after the nearby Bakhmutka 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. 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 and Miklosich, 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). Vasmer considers this highly unlikely. * Menges derives it from a Turkic form of the name Mähmäd ("Mohammed") (cf. Old East Slavic Бохмитъ (Boxmitŭ, “Магомет/Magomet”). Presumably related place names: Бахматівці, Bachmatówka, Bachmackie Kolonie, Bahmut.

Meanings

1. A city, the administrative centre of Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
   • Moscow also appeared to be building up forces and increasing its military efforts on the eastern Donbas front around the key town of Bakhmut. 2022 November 22, Lorenzo Tondo, “Ukraine’s security service raids Russian-backed monastery in Kyiv”, in The Guardian:
   • 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. 2023 April 2, Dan Sabbagh, Ed Ram, “Surrounded and outgunned, Ukraine’s tank crews prepare for battle of Bakhmut”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
2. (historical) A city, the administrative centre of Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. ▸ A miskrada in Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, disestablished in June 2019.
3. A city, the administrative centre of Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. ▸ An urban hromada of Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, established in June 2019.
4. A city, the administrative centre of Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. ▸ A raion of Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, established in 1923.
5. The 2022 Battle of Bakhmut, which occurred around the city during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Forms

Meronyms

Siversk (constituent hromadas of the raion) · Ivanhrad (constituent settlements of the urban hromada) · Klishchiivka (constituent settlements of the urban hromada) · Krasna Hora (constituent settlements of the miskrada) · Berkhivka (constituent settlements of the urban hromada) · Chasiv Yar (constituent hromadas of the raion) · Toretsk (constituent hromadas of the raion) · Yahidne (constituent settlements of the urban hromada) · Vesela Dolyna (constituent settlements of the urban hromada) · Nova Kamianka (constituent settlements of the urban hromada) · Zvanivka (constituent hromadas of the raion) · Krasna Hora (constituent settlements of the urban hromada) · Andriivka (constituent settlements of the urban hromada) · Khromove (constituent settlements of the urban hromada) · Midna Ruda (constituent settlements of the urban hromada) · Klynove (constituent settlements of the urban hromada) · Zaitseve (constituent settlements of the urban hromada) · Svitlodarsk (constituent hromadas of the raion) · Soledar (constituent hromadas of the raion) · Vidrodzhennia (constituent settlements of the urban hromada) · Zelenopillia (constituent settlements of the urban hromada) · Opytne (constituent settlements of the urban hromada) · Vershyna (constituent settlements of the urban hromada) · Ivanivske (constituent settlements of the urban hromada) · Pokrovske (constituent settlements of the urban hromada)

Relateds

Bachmut · Bahamut · Bahmut

Synonyms

Artyomovsk (1924-1992, Russian usage) · District of Bakhmut (raion) · Artemivsk (1924-2016) · Bakhmut Raion (raion) · Raion of Bakhmut (raion) · Bakhmut District (raion)

Translations (25)

fr Bakhmout (city) · el Μπαχμούτ (city) · de Bachmut (city) · crh Bahmut (city) · tr Bahmut (city) · cmn 巴赫穆特 (city) · hy Բախմուտ (city) · be Бахму́т (city) · ru Бахму́т (city) · ko 바흐무트 (city) · lt Bachmutas (city) · sv Bachmut (city) · pl Bachmut (city) · es Bajmut (city) · ba Баҡмыт (city) · mr बखमूट (city) · uk Бахму́т (city) · ja バフムート (city) · lv Bahmuta (city) · nl Bachmoet (city) · cs Bachmut (city) · bg Бахму́т (city) · mk Ба́хмут (city) · ka ბახმუტი (city) · fi Bah’mut (city)

wikipedia: Turkic languages · wikipedia: Crimean Tatar language · wikipedia: Tatar language · wikipedia: Bachmackie Kolonie · wikipedia: Bachmatówka · wikipedia: Karl Heinrich Menges · wikipedia: Bahmut · wikipedia: Oleg Trubachyov · wikipedia: Franz Miklosich · wikipedia: Common Turkic languages · wikipedia: Max Vasmer · wikipedia: de:Karl Lokotsch · wikipedia: Bakhmut Raion · wikipedia: uk:Бахматівці