آق كرمان

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From آق (ak, “white”) + كرمان (kerman, “fortified town”), a calque of Byzantine Greek Άσπρόκαστρον (Ásprókastron), from άσπρος (áspros, “white”) + κάστρον (kástron, “castle, stronghold”). Compare Romanian Cetatea Albă, Ukrainian Бі́лгород (Bílhorod) and German Weißenburg.

Proper noun

آق كرمان • (ak kerman or ak kirman)

1. Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi (a city in Odesa Oblast, in southern Ukraine)

Descendants

• Turkish: Akkerman
• → Armenian: Ախքէրման (Axkʻērman), Աղքէրման (Aġkʻērman)

Further reading

• Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Akkirman”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 21