آق دكز

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• آق دڭز

Etymology

آق (ak, “white”) + دكز (deñiz, deniz, “sea”).

Referring to it as the "White" sea is common throughout the region, see Arabic الْبَحْر الْأَبْيَض الْمُتَوَسِّط (al-baḥr al-ʔabyaḍ al-mutawassiṭ, “"Middle white sea”), Persian بحر سفید, though these may be calques as direct translations from the Ottoman (possibly by the Ottomans). See the Wikipedia page for more details.

Proper noun

آق دكز • (Ak Deñiz)

1. Mediterranean Sea

   Synonyms: بحر سفید (Bahr-i Sefid), بحر روم (Bahr-i Rûm)

Descendants

• Turkish: Akdeniz

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 161