پودغوریچه

Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Pòdgorica / По̀дгорица (literally under the Gorica), from pȍd / по̏д (under) + Gorica / Горица (little mountain), the name of a hill which overlooks the city.

Proper noun edit

پودغوریچه (podgoriça, podgoriçe)

  1. Podgorica (the capital and largest city of Montenegro)

Descendants edit

  • Turkish: Podgorica

Further reading edit

  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “پودغوریچه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 456
  • Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Podgoriçe”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎[2], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 622