[2] It is cognate to the Azeri word Qarabağ ([ɡɑˈɾɑbɑɣ]), as in the Karabakh region of the Lesser Caucasus.
Most Qarabaghi live in and originate from the aforementioned Qarabagh District of Ghazni Province.
The Qarabaghi are one of the major Hazara tribes in the city of Quetta, along with the Dai Zangi, Uruzgani, and Maska.
The Qarabaghi mainly reside in the Nauabad locale, with a minority living in the Mari Abad and Hazara Town areas.
There is also a Qarabaghi minority in Australia and Indonesia, as well as other countries that the Hazara reside in.