آیاسلوغ

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• ایاصـولق (Ayasuluk)

Etymology

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.

Proper noun

آیاسلوغ • (Ayasuluğ)

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

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آیاسلوغ”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 283
• Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Ayasuluğ”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[2], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 66