Дербент
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Russian
Alternative forms
- Дербенд (Derbend)
- Дербе́ндъ (Derbénd) (Pre-reform orthography (1918))
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دربند (Derbend, Derbent), from Persian دربند (darband, literally “bar of a door, bolt; a barrier”), from در (dar, “door, gate, passage”) + بند (band, “band, tie, fastening”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Дербе́нт • (Derbént) m inan (genitive Дербе́нта)
Declension
Declension of Дербе́нт (inan sg-only masc-form hard-stem accent-a)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Дербе́нт Derbént |
| genitive | Дербе́нта Derbénta |
| dative | Дербе́нту Derbéntu |
| accusative | Дербе́нт Derbént |
| instrumental | Дербе́нтом Derbéntom |
| prepositional | Дербе́нте Derbénte |