Given name & surname
Karadeniz
“north sea; black sea”
Karadeniz is a surname from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Proto-Turkic. It is used in Turkish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Karadeniz goes back to Proto-Turkic *kara teŋiŕ, meaning “north sea; black sea.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Karadeniz comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Proto-Turkic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish قره دكز (Kara Deñiz), from Proto-Turkic *kara teŋiŕ (“north sea; black sea”), built from Turkish kara (“black; north”) + deniz (“sea”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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