Balıkəsir

Balıkəsir (nominative singular)
Balıkəsirlər (nominative plural)
Balıkəsiri (accusative definite singular)
Balıkəsirləri (accusative definite plural)
Balıkəsirə (dative singular)
Balıkəsirlərə (dative plural)
Balıkəsirdə (locative singular)
Balıkəsirlərdə (locative plural)
Balıkəsirdən (ablative singular)
Balıkəsirlərdən (ablative plural)
Balıkəsirin (definite genitive singular)
Balıkəsirlərin (definite genitive plural)
Balıkəsirim (first-person nominative possessed-single possessive singular)
Balıkəsirlərim (first-person nominative possessed-many possessive singular)
Balıkəsirin (nominative possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
Balıkəsirlərin (nominative possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
Balıkəsiri (nominative possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
Balıkəsirləri (nominative possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
Balıkəsirimiz (first-person nominative plural possessed-single possessive)
Balıkəsirlərimiz (first-person nominative plural possessed-many possessive)
Balıkəsiriniz (nominative plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
Balıkəsirləriniz (nominative plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
Balıkəsiri (nominative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
Balıkəsirləri (nominative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
Balıkəsirləri (nominative plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
Balıkəsirimi (accusative first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
Balıkəsirlərimi (accusative first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
Balıkəsirini (accusative possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
Balıkəsirlərini (accusative possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
Balıkəsirini (accusative possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
Balıkəsirlərini (accusative possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
Balıkəsirimizi (accusative first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
Balıkəsirlərimizi (accusative first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
Balıkəsirinizi (accusative plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
Balıkəsirlərinizi (accusative plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
Balıkəsirini (accusative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
Balıkəsirlərini (accusative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
Balıkəsirlərini (accusative plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
Balıkəsirimə (dative first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
Balıkəsirlərimə (dative first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
Balıkəsirinə (dative possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
Balıkəsirlərinə (dative possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
Balıkəsirinə (dative possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
Balıkəsirlərinə (dative possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
Balıkəsirimizə (dative first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
Balıkəsirlərimizə (dative first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
Balıkəsirinizə (dative plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
Balıkəsirlərinizə (dative plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
Balıkəsirinə (dative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
Balıkəsirlərinə (dative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
Balıkəsirlərinə (dative plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
Balıkəsirimdə (first-person locative possessed-single possessive singular)
Balıkəsirlərimdə (first-person locative possessed-many possessive singular)
Balıkəsirində (locative possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
Balıkəsirlərində (locative possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
Balıkəsirində (locative possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
Balıkəsirlərində (locative possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
Balıkəsirimizdə (first-person locative plural possessed-single possessive)
Balıkəsirlərimizdə (first-person locative plural possessed-many possessive)
Balıkəsirinizdə (locative plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
Balıkəsirlərinizdə (locative plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
Balıkəsirində (locative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
Balıkəsirlərində (locative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
Balıkəsirlərində (locative plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
Balıkəsirimdən (ablative first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
Balıkəsirlərimdən (ablative first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
Balıkəsirindən (ablative possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
Balıkəsirlərindən (ablative possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
Balıkəsirindən (ablative possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
Balıkəsirlərindən (ablative possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
Balıkəsirimizdən (ablative first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
Balıkəsirlərimizdən (ablative first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
Balıkəsirinizdən (ablative plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
Balıkəsirlərinizdən (ablative plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
Balıkəsirindən (ablative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
Balıkəsirlərindən (ablative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
Balıkəsirlərindən (ablative plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
Balıkəsirimin (first-person genitive possessed-single possessive singular)
Balıkəsirlərimin (first-person genitive possessed-many possessive singular)
Balıkəsirinin (genitive possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
Balıkəsirlərinin (genitive possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
Balıkəsirinin (genitive possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
Balıkəsirlərinin (genitive possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
Balıkəsirimizin (first-person genitive plural possessed-single possessive)
Balıkəsirlərimizin (first-person genitive plural possessed-many possessive)
Balıkəsirinizin (genitive plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
Balıkəsirlərinizin (genitive plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
Balıkəsirinin (genitive plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
Balıkəsirlərinin (genitive plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
Balıkəsirlərinin (genitive plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

Balıkesir (a city and province of Turkey)


قیصری

Turkish: Kayseri

From Byzantine Greek Καισάρεια (Kaisáreia), from Latin Caesarea, from Caesar + -ēa in honor of the Roman emperor Augustus. Doublet of قیساریه.

Central Anatolia
Central Anatolia#English

Kayseri (a city and province in Central Anatolia, Turkey)


Kahta

Kahta (nominative singular)
Kahtalar (nominative plural)
Kahta'lar (nominative plural)
Kahta'yı (accusative singular)
Kahtaları (accusative plural)
Kahta'ları (accusative plural)
Kahta'ya (dative singular)
Kahtalara (dative plural)
Kahta'lara (dative plural)
Kahta'da (locative singular)
Kahtalarda (locative plural)
Kahta'larda (locative plural)
Kahta'dan (ablative singular)
Kahtalardan (ablative plural)
Kahta'lardan (ablative plural)
Kahta'nın (genitive singular)
Kahtaların (genitive plural)
Kahta'ların (genitive plural)
Kahta'm (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
Kahtalarım (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
Kahta'larım (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
Kahta'n (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
Kahtaların (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
Kahta'ların (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
Kahta'sı (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
Kahtaları (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
Kahta'ları (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
Kahta'mız (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
Kahtalarımız (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
Kahta'larımız (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
Kahta'nız (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
Kahtalarınız (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
Kahta'larınız (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
Kahta'sı (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
Kahtaları (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
Kahta'ları (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
Kahtaları (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
Kahta'ları (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)


كیره‌سون

گیرهسون (canonical)
Giresun (romanization)

Turkish: Giresun

→ English: Giresun

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→ Armenian: Կիրէսուն (Kirēsun), Քիրէսուն (Kʻirēsun)

Giresun (a city and province in the East Black Sea region, Turkey)


قسطمونی

Turkish: Kastamonu

From Greek Κασταμονή (Kastamoní), contracted form of Κάστρα Κωμνηνών (Kástra Komninón, “castle of the Comneni”).

Kastamonu (a city and province in the Black Sea region, Turkey)


Анҭақьиа

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Анҭақьиа • (Antakja)


Ҳендеқь

Ҳендеқь • (Ḥendekʲ)


ملاطیه

Turkish: Malatya

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Μελιτηνή (Melitēnḗ).

Malatya (a city and province in Central Anatolia, Turkey)


Mycklegaard

Learned borrowing from Old Norse Miklagarðr (literally “the large city”). From a popular ballad collection "200 Viser om Konger, Kæmper og andre" (1787 or 1695) or its earlier version from 1591.

lbor

Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Empire#English

Byzantium, Constantinople (a city in Turkey; ancient capital of the Byzantine Empire; modern Istanbul)


باطمان

Turkish: Batman

Replaced historical ایلوح (iluh) (from Northern Kurdish Êlih, a variation of eylo (“eagle”) according to Nişanyan), from the name of the local Batman River, which is a preserved and earlier version of Northern Kurdish Mala Badî (“House of Badh”) (compare the Malabadi Bridge, which is over this river). Ultimately from the name of the Marwanid House of Badh ibn Dustak. Equivalent to baz + mal.

cog

(historical)

Eastern Anatolia
Eastern Anatolia#English

Batman (a city, district, and province in Eastern Anatolia, Turkey)

Badh ibn Dustak
Batman River
Malabadi Bridge
Marwanid


كوتاهیه

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كوتاهیه • (Kütahya)

Turkish: Kütahya

→ Armenian: Քյութահյա (Kʻyutʻahya)

Kütahya (a city and province in the Aegean region, Turkey)


ماردین

Turkish: Mardin

Ultimately from Classical Syriac ܡܪܕܝܢ (mardīn, merdīn).

Southeast Anatolia
Southeast Anatolia#English

Mardin (a city and province in Southeast Anatolia, Turkey)


زونغولداق

Turkish: Zonguldak

From Ancient Greek Σανδαράκη (Sandarákē), from σᾰνδᾰρᾰ́κη (sandarákē, “realgar”), because of the realgar mines that were present in this province.

West Black Sea region
West Black Sea region#English

Zonguldak (a city and province in West Black Sea region, Turkey)


Trébizonde

Borrowed from Greek Τραπεζούντα (Trapezoúnta).


تكیر طاغ

تكیر طاغ • (tekir dağ)

ota-proper noun

تكیر طاغ • (tekir dağ)

Turkish: Tekirdağ

desc

→ Armenian: Թեքիրդաղ (Tʻekʻirdaġ), Թէքիրտաղ (Tʻēkʻirtaġ)

Morphologically from تكیر (tekir, “brindled, tabby”) + طاغ (dağ, “mountain”), but this is just a corrupted form of the earlier name تكفور طاغی (Tekfur Dağı), from تكفور (tekfur, “a Christian bey in Thrace”) + طاغ (dağ, “mountain”). Before the 18ᵗʰ century this city was known as ردوسجق (rodoscuk).

(obsolete)

Tekirdağ (a city and province in West Marmara region, Turkey)


Stembol

Istanbul (a city and province of Turkey)


أنقرة

ar-proper noun

أَنْقَرَة • (ʔanqara) f

أَنْقَرَة (canonical)
ʔanqara (romanization)

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آنقره (Ankara), from Ancient Greek Ἄγκυρα (Ánkura).

bor+

Ankara (the capital city and province of Turkey)


Stambula

Stambula (nominative singular)
Stambulu (accusative singular)
Stambulas (genitive singular)
Stambulai (dative singular)
Stambulu (instrumental singular)
Stambulā (locative singular)
Stambula (singular vocative)


آرتوین

Turkish: Artvin

Artvin (a city and province in the East Black Sea region, Turkey)


دوزجه

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دوزجه • (düzce)

Turkish: Düzce

→ Armenian: Տիւզճէ (Tiwzčē)

Düzce (a city and province in the East Marmara region, Turkey)


توقاد

Turkish: Tokat

→ Armenian: Թոխաթ (Tʻoxatʻ)

From Ancient Greek Δόκεια (Dókeia) or Εὐδόκεια (Eudókeia).

Tokat (a city and province in the West Black Sea region, Turkey)


કુસ્તુંતનિયા

કુસ્તુંતનિયા • (kustuntniyā) n

gu-proper noun

કુસ્તુંતનિયા • (kustuntniyā) n

કુસ્‧તું‧તુનિ‧યા

Borrowed from Classical Persian قسطنطنیه (qustantaniya), from Arabic اَلْقُسْطَنْطِينِيَّة (al-qusṭanṭīniyya).

der

اَلْقُسْطَنْطِينِيَّة

Constantinople (the former name of Istanbul, the largest city of Turkey)


ઇસ્તંબૂલ

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ઇસ્તંબૂલ • (istambūl) n

gu-proper noun

ઇસ્તંબૂલ • (istambūl) n

Borrowed from Classical Persian استانبول (istāmbūl), from Byzantine Greek εἰς τὴν Πόλιν (eis tḕn Pólin, “to the City”).

der

εἰς τὴν Πόλιν


قرامان

Turkish: Karaman

→⇒ Armenian: Քարամանյան (Kʻaramanyan)

Karaman Bey
Karamanid
tr:Index Anatolicus

The city owes its name to Karaman Bey, one of the rulers of the Karamanid dynasty, which ruled over South-Central Anatolia. The former name of the city was لارنده (larende)

(obsolete)

Karaman (a city and province in the West Anatolia region, Turkey)


Sorgun

Sorgun (nominative singular)
Sorgunlar (nominative plural)
Sorgun'lar (nominative plural)
Sorgun'u (accusative singular)
Sorgunları (accusative plural)
Sorgun'ları (accusative plural)
Sorgun'a (dative singular)
Sorgunlara (dative plural)
Sorgun'lara (dative plural)
Sorgun'da (locative singular)
Sorgunlarda (locative plural)
Sorgun'larda (locative plural)
Sorgun'dan (ablative singular)
Sorgunlardan (ablative plural)
Sorgun'lardan (ablative plural)
Sorgun'un (genitive singular)
Sorgunların (genitive plural)
Sorgun'ların (genitive plural)
Sorgun'um (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
Sorgunlarım (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
Sorgun'larım (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
Sorgun'un (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
Sorgunların (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
Sorgun'ların (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
Sorgun'u (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
Sorgunları (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
Sorgun'ları (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
Sorgun'umuz (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
Sorgunlarımız (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
Sorgun'larımız (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
Sorgun'unuz (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
Sorgunlarınız (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
Sorgun'larınız (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
Sorgun'u (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
Sorgunları (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
Sorgun'ları (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
Sorgunları (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
Sorgun'ları (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

A city and district in Yozgat province, Turkey


Bozüyük

A city and district in Bilecik province, Marmara region, Turkey.


Bozüyük

Bozüyük (nominative singular)
Bozüyükler (nominative plural)
Bozüyük'ler (nominative plural)
Bozüyük'ü (accusative singular)
Bozüyükleri (accusative plural)
Bozüyük'leri (accusative plural)
Bozüyük'e (dative singular)
Bozüyüklere (dative plural)
Bozüyük'lere (dative plural)
Bozüyük'te (locative singular)
Bozüyüklerde (locative plural)
Bozüyük'lerde (locative plural)
Bozüyük'ten (ablative singular)
Bozüyüklerden (ablative plural)
Bozüyük'lerden (ablative plural)
Bozüyük'ün (genitive singular)
Bozüyüklerin (genitive plural)
Bozüyük'lerin (genitive plural)
Bozüyük'üm (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
Bozüyüklerim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
Bozüyük'lerim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
Bozüyük'ün (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
Bozüyüklerin (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
Bozüyük'lerim (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
Bozüyük'ü (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
Bozüyükleri (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
Bozüyük'leri (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
Bozüyük'ümüz (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
Bozüyüklerimiz (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
Bozüyük'lerimiz (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
Bozüyük'ünüz (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
Bozüyükleriniz (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
Bozüyük'leriniz (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
Bozüyük'ü (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
Bozüyükleri (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
Bozüyük'leri (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
Bozüyükleri (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
Bozüyük'leri (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

Bozüyük (a city and district in Bilecik province, Turkey)


یالوه

Turkish: Yalova

→ Armenian: Եալօվա (Ealōva)

This city was previously known as یالاق آباد (yalak âbâd), from یالاق (yalak, “trough”) + آباد (âbâd, “prosperous”). The current name appeared only in the 18ᵗʰ century and is assumed to be a contraction of یالی (yalı, “shore, strand, beach”) and اوا (ova, “plain, lowland”).

(obsolete)

Yalova (a city, district, and province in East Marmara region, Turkey)


ܐܝܣܛܢܒܘܠ

aii-proper noun

ܐܝܼܣܛܵܢܒܘܼܠ • (īsṭānbūl) f

ܐܝܼܣܛܵܢܒܘܼܠ (canonical)
īsṭānbūl (romanization)

From Ottoman Turkish استانبول (istanbul), perhaps through Arabic.


قرقلر ایلی

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قرقلر ایلی • (kırklar eli)

ota-proper noun

قرقلر ایلی • (kırklar eli)

Turkish: Kırklareli

Morphologically from قرقلر (kırklar, “forties”) + ایل (il, el, “country; tribe, nation”), but this is just a corrupted form of the earlier name قرق كلیسا (kırk kilise, literally “40 Churches”), probably in honor of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste, which were quite popular among the Christian population in Anatolia.

(obsolete)

Kırklareli (a city and province in West Marmara region, Turkey)


Йозгат

uk-proper noun

Йозга́т • (Jozhát) m inan (genitive Йозга́та, uncountable)

Йозга́т (canonical)
Jozhát (romanization)
Йозга́та (genitive)
Йозга́т (nominative singular)
Йозга́та (genitive singular)
Йозга́тові (dative singular)
Йозга́ту (dative singular)
Йозга́т (accusative singular)
Йозга́том (instrumental singular)
Йозга́ту (locative singular)
Йозга́ті (locative singular)
Йозга́те (singular vocative)


اوسكدار

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اوسكدار • (üsküdar)

ota-proper noun

اوسكدار • (üsküdar)

Turkish: Üsküdar

→ Armenian: Ուսկյուդար (Uskyudar)

→ Kyrgyz: Үскүдар (Üsküdar)

From Byzantine Greek Σκουτάριον (Skoutárion), perhaps from Latin scūtārium, accusative of scūtārius (“guard armed with a shield”); however, Nishanyan does not rule out a derivation from Persian [script needed] (üsküdâr, “messenger station”). This city was originally called Χρῡσόπολῐς (Khrūsópolis) by the Ancient Greeks, a compound of χρῡσός (khrūsós, “gold”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”).

der

Üsküdar (a city and district in Istanbul province, Turkey)


كلیس

Turkish: Kilis

Kilis (a city and province in Southeast Anatolia region, Turkey)


عثمانیه

Turkish: Osmaniye

From عثمان (ʿosman, “Osman”) + ـیه (-iye). During the Ottoman period the city was known as جبل بركت (cebel-i bereket).

Osmaniye (a city and province in the Mediterranean region, Turkey)


حران

acw-proper noun

حَرَّان • (ḥarrān) f

حَرَّان (canonical)
ḥarrān (romanization)


آردهان

Turkish: Ardahan

Northeast Anatolia
Northeast Anatolia#English

Ardahan (a city and province in Northeast Anatolia, Turkey)


بیله‌جك

بیلهجك (canonical)
bilecik (romanization)

Turkish: Bilecik

→ Armenian: Պիլէճիք (Pilēčikʻ)

An evolution of the original Byzantine Greek name Βηλοκώμη (Bēlokṓmē), probably a compound of Bulgarian бял (bjal, “white”) + -о- + Ancient Greek κώμη (kṓmē, “village”). It should be assumed that this was one of the Serbian settlements in this region, since the original Greek name would have produced a form like Vilegüme or Veligöme in Turkish.

Bilecik (a city and province in East Marmara region, Turkey)


آفیون قره حصار

Turkish: Afyonkarahisar

Morphologically from آفیون (afyon, “opium”) + قره (kara, “black”) + حصار (hisar, “fortress, stronghold”). In the medieval times the city was named قره حصار (kara hisar) after the ancient fortress situated upon a volcanic rock above the settlement and subsequently renamed قره حصار صاحب (kara hisar-ı sahib) after the city was conquered by the Persian vizier Sâhib Ata. The origin of the name آفیون (afyon) is unclear: it could derive from the Ancient Greek name for the settlement, Ἀκροϊνόν (Akroïnón), through deformation.

(obsolete)

Afyonkarahisar (a city and province in the Aegean region, Turkey)


حكاری

Turkish: Hakkâri

The toponym probably derives from the name of a tribe that settled in this place in the 13th century. The city was previously known as چولهمرك (çölemerik).

(obsolete)

Central East Anatolia
Central East Anatolia#English

Hakkâri (a city and province in Central East Anatolia, Turkey)


نوشهر

Turkish: Nevşehir

Compound of نو (nev, “new”) + شهر (şehir, “city”), a calque of Byzantine Greek Νεάπολις (Neápolis), the ancient name of the city. After the conquest of the Ottomans, the place was renamed مشغره (muşgara), perhaps from Greek μοσχάρι (moschári, “calf”).

calque

(obsolete)

Nevşehir (a city and province in Central Anatolia, Turkey)


科尼亞

/kʰɤ⁵⁵ ni³⁵ jä⁵¹/

/kʰɤ⁵⁵ ni³⁵ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/kʰɤ⁵⁵ ni³⁵ jä⁵¹/

/kʰɤ⁵⁵ ni³⁵ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/


قيصري

ar-proper noun

قَيْصَرِي • (qayṣarī) f

قَيْصَرِي (canonical)
qayṣarī (romanization)

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قیصری (Kayseri)

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Central Anatolian
Central Anatolian#English

Kayseri (the capital city of Kayseri Province, in the Central Anatolian Region, in southern Turkey)


كموشخانه

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كموشخانه • (gümüşhane)

Turkish: Gümüşhane

→ Armenian: Կիւմիւշխանէ (Kiwmiwšxanē)

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Κιουμουσχανά

→ Greek: Κιουμουσχανά (Kioumouschaná)

A compound of كموش (gümüş, “silver”) + خانه (hâne, “place; house”).

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Gümüşhane (a city and province in East Black Sea region, Turkey)


اسكی شهر

Turkish: Eskişehir

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English: Eskisehir, Eskişehir, Eskishehir

From اسكی (eski, “old”) + شهر (şehir, “city”), a name which is documented since the late 15th century. During the Seljuk period, the city was known as سلطان اوڭی (sultan öñü), while during the Greek period this place was known as Δορῠ́λαιον (Dorúlaion), whose ruins can be found near the city.

(obsolete)

Eskişehir (a city and province in East Marmara region, Turkey)


Sanliurfa

From Turkish Şanlıurfa, from şanlı (“glorious”) + Urfa in reference to its resistance to French and British invasions during the First World War.

Synonym of Urfa, a city in southeastern Turkey.


ادسه

(historical) Edessa (a city in southeastern Turkey), the modern Urfa


افس

Turkish: Efes

From Byzantine Greek Ἔφεσος (Éphesos), possibly a pre-Greek word with Hittite connections.

(inexact) Synonym of سلچوق (Selçuk), nearby city in Turkey


Alasehir

From Turkish Alaşehir and Ottoman Turkish آلاشهر (Alaşehir, “Multicolored or Spotted City”).


Eskisehir

From Turkish Eskişehir, from Ottoman Turkish اسكی شهر (Eski Şehir, “Old Town”).


فیلادلفیا

Turkish: Filedelfiya

From English Philadelphia and Byzantine Greek Φιλαδέλφεια (Philadélpheia), from Ancient Greek φιλάδελφος (philádelphos, “brother/sibling-loving”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming placenames”), from the combining form of φῐλέειν (philéein, “to love”) + ἀδελφός (adelphós, “brother, sibling”).

(historical) Former name of آلاشهر (Alaşehir), Alasehir (a city in Turkey)


اسكندرون

Turkish: İskenderun

English: Iskenderun

Borrowed from Arabic الْإِسْكَنْدَرُون (al-ʔiskandarūn), ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρεια (Alexándreia, “Alexandria”), from Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros, “Alexander”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming place names”) in reference to Alexander the Great of Macedonia. Doublet of اسكندریه.

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الْإِسْكَنْدَرُون


Sebastia

From Latin Sebastia, from Ancient Greek Σεβαστεία (Sebasteía), from Ancient Greek Σεβαστός (Sebastós) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming place names”), from σεβᾰστός (sebastós, “venerable, august”) used as a calque of Latin Augustus. Doublet of Sivas.

(historical) Former name of Sivas, a city in Turkey.


آغری

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آغری • (ağrı)

Turkish: Ağrı

The name of the city was changed in 1946 and owes its name to Mount Ararat, which is called Ağrı Dağı in Turkish. The city was previously known as قرهكلیسا (karakilise) and قرهكوسه (karaköse), a corrupted form of the former.

(obsolete)

Ağrı (a city and province in Northeast Anatolia, Turkey)


آیاسلوغ

آیاسلوغ • (Ayasuluğ)

ota-proper noun

آیاسلوغ • (Ayasuluğ)

From Byzantine Greek Ἅγιος Θεολόγος (Hágios Theológos, “the Holy Theologian”), from its 6th-century basilica dedicated to St John the Theologian, supposed author of the Book of Revelation.

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Ἅγιος Θεολόγος

(historical) Former name of سلچوق, Selcuk (a city in Turkey)


سلچوق

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سلچوق • (selçuk)

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سلچوق • (selçuk)

Turkish: Selçuk

Book of Dede Korkut
Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk
Mahmud al-Kashgari

Ultimately from a Proto-Oghuz term attested as Old Anatolian Turkish سلجك (selcuk) in the Dede Korkut and Karakhanid سلجك (selcuk) in Mahmud al-Kashgari's Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk, of uncertain etymology. See Seljuk.

Selcuk (a city in Izmir, Turkey) near the ruins of ancient Ephesus


ایاصـولق

English: Ayasoluk

Turkish: Ayasuluk

(historical) Alternative form of آیاسلوغ, former name of سلچوق, Selcuk (a city in Turkey)


یكی شهر

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یڭی شهر • (yeñi şehr)

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یڭی شهر • (yeñi şehr)

یڭی شهر (canonical)
yeñi şehr (romanization)

Turkish: Yenişehir

English: Yenisehir, Yenişehir

From یڭی (yeñi, “new”) + شهر (şehr, “town”). In reference to the Cretan town, a calque of Byzantine Greek Νεάπολις (Neápolis, literally “new city”).

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Yenisehir (a city in Turkey, near Bursa)

(historical) Former name of قره جه صو, Karacasu (a city in Turkey, near Denizli)


Yumurtalik

From Turkish Yumurtalık and Ottoman Turkish یمورطالق (Yumurtalık).


إسبرطة

ar-proper noun

إِسْبَرْطَة • (ʔisbarṭa) f

إِسْبَرْطَة (canonical)
ʔisbarṭa (romanization)
إِسْبَرْطَة (ar-infl-a definite diptote informal singular)
إِسْبَرْطَةُ (ar-infl-a definite diptote nominative singular)
إِسْبَرْطَةَ (accusative ar-infl-a definite diptote singular)
إِسْبَرْطَةَ (ar-infl-a definite diptote genitive singular)

ar-decl-noun

إِسْبَرْطَة:di

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اسپارطه (Isparta).

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إسبرطة (تركيا)

إسبرطة (محافظة)


Balikesir

From Turkish Balıkesir, from Ottoman Turkish بالیكسر, possibly from Byzantine Greek Παλαιόκαστρον (Palaiókastron), from παλαιός (palaiós, “old”) + κάστρον (kástron, “fortress, castle”).

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Παλαιόκαστρον

A city in Turkey, capital of the surrounding province.


دیاربكر

Turkish: Diyarbakır

From دیار (diyar), plural form of دار (dar, “house; land, country”), + بكر (bekr, bekir, “Banu Bakr, an Arabian tribe”), a name given after the Muslim conquest of the 7th century; before the conquest, the city was known as آمد (âmid) or قره آمد (kara âmid).

(historical)

Diyarbakır (a city and province in Southeast Anatolia, Turkey)


ایغدیر

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ایغدیر • (ığdır)

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ایغدیر • (ığdır)

Turkish: Iğdır

Iğdır (a city and province in Northeast Anatolia, Turkey)


آق سرای

Turkish: Aksaray

→ Armenian: Ագսարայ (Agsaray)

Morphologically from آق (ak, “white”) + سرای (saray, “palace”), but this is probably a mutated form of Byzantine Greek Τακσαρά (Taksará), itself from Ancient Greek Γαρσάουρα (Garsáoura), the ancient name of the city. This place was also known in antiquity as Ἀρχελαΐς (Arkhelaḯs), after Archelaus of Cappadocia, the last king of Cappadocia.

Aksaray (a city and province in Central Anatolia, Turkey)


قره بوك

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قره بوك • (kara bük)

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قره بوك • (kara bük)

Turkish: Karabük

From قره (kara, “black”) + بوك (bük, “thicket”); this city developed in the 20th century due to the presence of steel factories.

Karabük (a city and province in West Black Sea region, Turkey)


العزیز

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العزیز • (elʼazîz)

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العزیز • (elʼazîz)

Turkish: Elâzığ

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→ Armenian: Էլազիզ (Ēlaziz), Էլյազիզ (Ēlyaziz)

The city was once a suburb of the ancient town of خرپوت (harput), largely destroyed during World War I, and gains its name after the creation of Mamuret-ul-Aziz vilayet from a part of the Diyarbekir vilayet, in honor of the sultan Abdulaziz. Subsequently, the name معمورةالعزیز (mamûretülʼazîz) came into use as an alternative name for خرپوت (harput) and it quickly evolved into the clipped form elʼazîz.

Elazığ (a city and province in Central East Anatolia, Turkey)

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Diyarbekir vilayet
Mamuret-ul-Aziz vilayet


ئىستانبۇل

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ئىستانبۇل • (istanbul)

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish استانبول (İstanbul).


ਕ਼ੁਸਤੁਨਤੁਨੀਆ

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ਕ਼ੁਸਤੁਨਤੁਨੀਆ • (qustuntunīā) m (Shahmukhi spelling قسطُنطُنیہ)

qustuntunīā (romanization)
قسطُنطُنیہ (Shahmukhi)

ਕ਼ੁਸ‧ਤੁਨ‧ਤੁ‧ਨੀ‧ਆ

Corrupted from Classical Persian قسطنطنیه (qustantaniya), from Arabic الْقُسْطَنْطِينِيَّة (al-qusṭanṭīniyya).

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الْقُسْطَنْطِينِيَّة

Constantinople (the former name of Istanbul, the largest city of Turkey)


تونج ایلی

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تونج ایلی • (tunc eli)

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تونج ایلی • (tunc eli)

Turkish: Tunceli

From تونج (tunc), variant of توج (tuc, “bronze”), + ایل (il, el, “country; tribe, nation”). Before 1935 the province was known as درسم (dersim), while the city was called قلان (kalan), but since both names were deemed non-Turkish the government changed them to the current one.

(obsolete)

Tunceli (a city and province in Central East Anatolia, Turkey)


Kostantiniye

From Ottoman Turkish قسطنطینیه (Kostantiniye), from Arabic القسطنطينية, a definite relative noun from قُسْطَنْطِين (qusṭanṭīn, “Constantine”). Probably an ellipsis of اَلْمَدِينَة الْقُسْطَنْطِينِيَّة (al-madīna l-qusṭanṭīniyya, “the city of Constantine”).

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Arabic القسطنطينية

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اَلْمَدِينَة الْقُسْطَنْطِينِيَّة


یوزغاد

Turkish: Yozgat

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Armenian: Եօզկաթ (Eōzkatʻ), Եօզղաթ (Eōzġatʻ), Եօզղատ (Eōzġat), Եօզկատ (Eōzkat)

(obsolete)

Yozgat (a city and province in Central Anatolia, Turkey)


ბოჩხა

boçxa (romanization)
Boçxa (romanization)
Arkabi (romanization)
ბოჩხა (absolutive singular)
ბოჩხაფე (absolutive plural)
ბოჩხაქ (ergative singular)
ბოჩხაფექ (ergative plural)
ბოჩხას (dative singular)
ბოჩხაფეს (dative plural)
ბოჩხაშ (genitive singular)
ბოჩხაშ (genitive singular)
ბოჩხაშიş) (genitive singular)
ბოჩხაშიşi) (genitive singular)
ბოჩხაფეშ (genitive plural)
ბოჩხაფეშ (genitive plural)
ბოჩხაფეშიş) (genitive plural)
ბოჩხაფეშიşi) (genitive plural)
ბოჩხაშე (directive singular)
ბოჩხაფეშე (directive plural)
ბოჩხაშენ (ablative singular)
ბოჩხაფეშენ (ablative plural)
ბოჩხას (locative singular)
ბოჩხაფეს (locative plural)
ბოჩხათენ (instrumental singular)
ბოჩხაფეთენ (instrumental plural)

Origin is unknown. It is thought to come from Georgian.

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ნურიქ მუსთავას ბოჩხაშენ ლაზუტი გჲუნჯღონამს.
Nurik mustavas Boçxaşen lazuťi gyuncğonams.
Nuri sends corn from Borçka to Mustafa.


بایبورد

Turkish: Bayburt

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→ Armenian: Բայբուրթ (Bayburtʻ), Պայպուրթ (Paypurtʻ)

The city was mentioned by Procopius as Βαιβερδῶν (Baiberdôn), probably from Old Armenian Բայբերդ (Bayberd). The first element of this word is unknown, but the second one is probably բերդ (berd, “fortress”).

Bayburt (a city and province in Northeast Anatolia, Turkey)


قیر شهری

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قیر شهری • (kır şehri)

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قیر شهری • (kır şehri)

Turkish: Kırşehir

From قیر (kır, “steppe, wilderness”) + شهر (şehir, “city”).

Kırşehir (a city and province in Central Anatolia, Turkey)


Ἀρσινόη

grc-proper noun

Ἀρσῐνόη • (Arsinóē) f (genitive Ἀρσῐνόης); first declension

Ἀρσῐνόη (canonical)
Arsinóē (romanization)
Ἀρσῐνόης (genitive)
ἡ Ἀρσῐνόη (nominative singular)
τῆς Ἀρσῐνόης (genitive singular)
τῇ Ἀρσῐνόῃ (dative singular)
τὴν Ἀρσῐνόην (accusative singular)
Ἀρσῐνόη (singular vocative)

Greek: Αρσινόη (Arsinói)

→ Coptic: ⲁⲣⲓⲥⲟⲛⲏ (arisonē)

→ Egyptian: jrsjrnꜣt

→ English: Arsinoë

→ French: Arsinoé

→ Latin: Arsinoē

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→ Ottoman Turkish: آرسین (arsin)
Turkish: Arsin

Arsinoe, Arsin (any of a number of cities in modern-day Cyprus, Egypt, Eritrea, Greece, Libya, and Turkey)


اسپارطه

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اسپارطه • (ısparta)

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اسپارطه • (ısparta)

Turkish: Isparta

Perhaps a Turkicized form from the unattested Byzantine Greek toponym *Σβάριδα (*Sbárida), from the accusative form of Ancient Greek Βάρις (Báris) with the prefix σ-. At the beginning of the 19th century the city was known as حمید آباد (hâmid âbâd).

(obsolete)

Isparta (a city, district, and province in the Mediterranean region, Turkey)


آرناود كوی

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آرناود كوی • (arnavud köy)

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آرناود كوی • (arnavud köy)

Turkish: Arnavutköy

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Առնավուտքէօյ

→ Armenian: Առնավուտքէօյ (Aṙnavutkʻēōy)

From آرناود (arnavud, “Albanian”) + كوی (köy, “village”), due to the large presence of Albanian inhabitants in the area.

Arnavutköy (a city and district in Istanbul province, Turkey)


قریق قلعه

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قریق قلعه • (kırık kalʼe)

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قریق قلعه • (kırık kalʼe)

Turkish: Kırıkkale

From قریق (kırık), variant of قیرق (kırık, “broken, cracked”), + قلعه (kalʼe, “fortress”).

Kırıkkale (a city, district, and province in Central Anatolia, Turkey)