"Carpathians" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

IPA: /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”), Romansch 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 Cabej, it derives from Proto-Albanian *karpātai (“mountanous place”) Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|Carpates}} Latin Carpates, {{cog|non|Harvaðafjǫll}} Old Norse Harvaðafjǫll, {{der|en|ine-pro|-}} Proto-Indo-European, {{m|ine-pro|*(s)ker-}} *(s)ker-, {{cog|sq|karpë|t=rock}} Albanian karpë (“rock”), {{cog|sla-pro|*skala|t=rock, cliff}} Proto-Slavic *skala (“rock, cliff”), {{der|en|xdc|-}} Dacian, {{cog|gem-pro|*skarpaz}} Proto-Germanic *skarpaz, {{m|en|sharp}} sharp, {{cog|lt|kar̃pas|t=cut, hack, notch}} Lithuanian kar̃pas (“cut, hack, notch”), {{cog|lv|cìrpt|t=to shear, clip}} Latvian cìrpt (“to shear, clip”), {{cog|pl|karpa|t=rugged irregularities, underwater obstacles/rocks, rugged roots or trunks}} Polish karpa (“rugged irregularities, underwater obstacles/rocks, rugged roots or trunks”), {{cog|rm|crap|t=stone}} Romansch crap (“stone”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*kʷerp-|t=to turn}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷerp- (“to turn”), {{m|ang|wharf}} wharf, {{cog|grc|καρπός|t=wrist}} Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “wrist”), {{der|en|sqj-pro|*karpātai||mountanous place}} Proto-Albanian *karpātai (“mountanous place”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|p}} Carpathians pl (plural only)
  1. A large mountainous system in Central Europe, mainly in Transylvania (Romania) and the Polish (Silesian)-Slovak border region. Wikipedia link: Carpathians Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (place): Czech Republic, Europe, Hungary, Mountains, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine Synonyms: Carpathian Mountains Related terms: Carpathian Translations (mountainous system in Central Europe): Karpatet (Albanian), كَارْبَات (karbāt) (Arabic), Կարպատներ (Karpatner) [plural] (Armenian), Karpat (Azerbaijani), Karpatoak (Basque), Карпа́ты (Karpáty) [feminine, plural] (Belarusian), Карпати (Karpati) [feminine, plural] (Bulgarian), Carpats [masculine, plural] (Catalan), 喀爾巴阡山脈 (Chinese Mandarin), 喀尔巴阡山脉 (Kā'ěrbāqiān shānmài) (Chinese Mandarin), Karpaty [plural] (Czech), Karpaterne [plural] (Danish), Karpaten [plural] (Dutch), Karpaadid [plural] (Estonian), Karpaatit [plural] (Finnish), Karpatique [masculine] (French), Carpates [masculine, plural] (French), Cárpatos [masculine, plural] (Galician), კარპატები (ḳarṗaṭebi) (Georgian), Karpaten [feminine, plural] (German), Καρπάθια (Karpáthia) [neuter, plural] (Greek), Kárpátok (Hungarian), Sléibhte Cairp [masculine, plural] (Irish), Carpazi [masculine, plural] (Italian), カルパティア山脈 (Karupatia sanmyaku) (Japanese), 카르파티아산맥 (kareupatiasanmaek) (Korean), Alpes Bastarnicae [plural] (Latin), Karpati [masculine, plural] (Latvian), Karpatai [masculine, plural] (Lithuanian), Карпа́ти (Karpáti) [feminine, plural] (Macedonian), Karpatene [plural] (Norwegian Bokmål), Karpatane [plural] (Norwegian Nynorsk), Harvaðafjǫll [neuter, plural] (Old Norse), Karpaty [nonvirile] (Polish), Cárpatos [masculine, plural] (Portuguese), Carpați [plural] (Romanian), Munții Carpați [masculine, plural] (Romanian), Карпа́ты (Karpáty) [feminine, plural] (Russian), Карпати [Cyrillic, feminine, plural] (Serbo-Croatian), Karpati [Roman, feminine, plural] (Serbo-Croatian), Karpaty [masculine, plural] (Slovak), Karpaty [masculine, plural] (Slovene), Cárpatos [masculine, plural] (Spanish), Karpaterna [plural] (Swedish), Karpatlar [plural] (Turkish), Карпа́ти (Karpáty) [feminine, plural] (Ukrainian), Carpatiau (Welsh)

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          "word": "喀爾巴阡山脈"
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        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "Karpaty"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "Karpaty"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "Cárpatos"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "Karpaterna"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "Karpatlar"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "Karpáty",
          "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "Карпа́ти"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
          "word": "Carpatiau"
        }
      ],
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        "Carpathians"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/kɑː(ɹ)ˈpeɪ.θi.ənz/"
    }
  ],
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}
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      "name": "der"
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      "expansion": "wharf",
      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
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      "name": "cog"
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      "name": "der"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
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        "English 4-syllable words",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English pluralia tantum",
        "English proper nouns",
        "English terms borrowed from Latin",
        "English terms derived from Dacian",
        "English terms derived from Latin",
        "English terms derived from Proto-Albanian",
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        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "en:Czech Republic",
        "en:Europe",
        "en:Hungary",
        "en:Mountains",
        "en:Poland",
        "en:Romania",
        "en:Slovakia",
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      ],
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          "Central Europe",
          "Central Europe"
        ],
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          "Transylvania",
          "Transylvania"
        ],
        [
          "Silesia",
          "Silesia"
        ],
        [
          "Slovak",
          "Slovak"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "plural-only"
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        "Carpathians"
      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/kɑː(ɹ)ˈpeɪ.θi.ənz/"
    }
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      "word": "Carpathian Mountains"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
      "word": "Karpatet"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "karbāt",
      "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
      "word": "كَارْبَات"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "Karpatner",
      "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Կարպատներ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
      "word": "Karpat"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
      "word": "Karpatoak"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "Karpáty",
      "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Карпа́ты"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "Karpati",
      "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Карпати"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Carpats"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
      "word": "喀爾巴阡山脈"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Kā'ěrbāqiān shānmài",
      "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
      "word": "喀尔巴阡山脉"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Karpaty"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Karpaterne"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Karpaten"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Karpaadid"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Karpaatit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Karpatique"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Carpates"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Cárpatos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ḳarṗaṭebi",
      "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
      "word": "კარპატები"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Karpaten"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Karpáthia",
      "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Καρπάθια"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
      "word": "Kárpátok"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Sléibhte Cairp"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Carpazi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Karupatia sanmyaku",
      "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
      "word": "カルパティア山脈"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "kareupatiasanmaek",
      "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
      "word": "카르파티아산맥"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Alpes Bastarnicae"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Karpati"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Karpatai"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "Karpáti",
      "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Карпа́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Karpatene"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Karpatane"
    },
    {
      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Harvaðafjǫll"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
      "tags": [
        "nonvirile"
      ],
      "word": "Karpaty"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Cárpatos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Carpați"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Munții Carpați"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Karpáty",
      "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Карпа́ты"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Карпати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Karpati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Karpaty"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Karpaty"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Cárpatos"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Karpaterna"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Karpatlar"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Karpáty",
      "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Карпа́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "mountainous system in Central Europe",
      "word": "Carpatiau"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Carpathians"
}

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