Carpathians en · PROPN
Pronunciation
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- /kɑː(ɹ)ˈpeɪ.θi.ənz/
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Carpates; compare the Germanic form attested in Old Norse Harvaðafjǫll, of which no past or present English counterpart is known (but which may have existed at some stage). Possibly from the name of the Carpi, an ancient, probably Dacian, tribe living in the eastern Carpathian region of what is now Romania and the Moldova region. The name Carpates may ultimately be from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)ker- (compare Albanian karpë (“rock”), Aromanian shcarpã, also Proto-Slavic *skala (“rock, cliff”)), perhaps via a Dacian cognate which meant “mountain”, “rock”, or “rugged” (compare Proto-Germanic *skarpaz (whence sharp), Lithuanian kar̃pas (“cut, hack, notch”), Latvian cìrpt (“to shear, clip”)). Compare also archaic Polish karpa (“rugged irregularities, underwater obstacles/rocks, rugged roots or trunks”), Romansh crap (“stone”). Alternatively, the name may come from Proto-Indo-European *kʷerp- (“to turn”) (whence wharf and Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “wrist”)), perhaps referring to the way the mountain range bends or veers in an L-shape. According to Eichner and Çabej, it derives from Proto-Albanian *karpātai (“mountanous place”)
Meanings
- (plural, plural-only) A large mountainous system in Central Europe, mainly in Transylvania (Romania) and the Polish (Subcarpathian)-Slovak border region.
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sq Karpatet (mountainous system in Central Europe) · ca Carpats (mountainous system in Central Europe) · la Alpes Bastarnicae (mountainous system in Central Europe) · lt Karpatai (mountainous system in Central Europe) · es Cárpatos (mountainous system in Central Europe) · rsk Карпати (mountainous system in Central Europe) · hy Կարպատներ (mountainous system in Central Europe) · non Harvaðafjǫll (mountainous system in Central Europe) · nb Karpatene (mountainous system in Central Europe) · ka კარპატები (mountainous system in Central Europe) · uk Карпа́ти (mountainous system in Central Europe) · ja カルパティア山脈 (mountainous system in Central Europe) · sh Karpati (mountainous system in Central Europe) · ga Sléibhte Cairp (mountainous system in Central Europe) · sv Karpaterna (mountainous system in Central Europe) · sl Karpaty (mountainous system in Central Europe) · fr Carpates (mountainous system in Central Europe) · da Karpaterne (mountainous system in Central Europe) · sh Карпати (mountainous system in Central Europe) · hu Kárpátok (mountainous system in Central Europe) · pl Karpaty (mountainous system in Central Europe) · fr Karpatique (mountainous system in Central Europe) · de Karpaten (mountainous system in Central Europe) · ko 카르파티아산맥 (mountainous system in Central Europe) · ru Карпа́ты (mountainous system in Central Europe) · cmn 喀爾巴阡山脈 /喀尔巴阡山脉 (mountainous system in Central Europe) · ar كَارْبَات (mountainous system in Central Europe) · it Carpazi (mountainous system in Central Europe) · lv Karpati (mountainous system in Central Europe) · mk Карпа́ти (mountainous system in Central Europe) · bg Карпа̀ти (mountainous system in Central Europe) · sk Karpaty (mountainous system in Central Europe) · ota قارپاتلر (mountainous system in Central Europe) · ro Carpați (mountainous system in Central Europe) · eu Karpatoak (mountainous system in Central Europe) · gl Cárpatos (mountainous system in Central Europe) · ro Munții Carpați (mountainous system in Central Europe) · az Karpat (mountainous system in Central Europe) · cs Karpaty (mountainous system in Central Europe) · el Καρπάθια (mountainous system in Central Europe) · fi Karpaatit (mountainous system in Central Europe) · nl Karpaten (mountainous system in Central Europe) · be Карпа́ты (mountainous system in Central Europe) · et Karpaadid (mountainous system in Central Europe) · cy Carpatiau (mountainous system in Central Europe) · nn Karpatane (mountainous system in Central Europe) · pt Cárpatos (mountainous system in Central Europe) · tr Karpatlar (mountainous system in Central Europe)