ازنیق

Ottoman Turkish

Iznik district

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek Νίκαια (Níkaia), named after Nicaea, wife of Lysimachus, from Ancient Greek νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”) + -ῐᾰ (-ia, “-ia: forming feminine names”).

Proper noun

ازنیق • (İznik)

1. Iznik (a town and district in Bursa province, Turkey)

Descendants

• Turkish: İznik
  • English: Iznik

Further reading

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “İznik”, in Nişanyan Yeradları: Türkiye ve Çevre Ülkeler Yerleşim Birimleri Envanteri [Index Anatolicus: An inventory of place names of Turkey and surrounding countries] (in Turkish)
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ازنیق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 82
• Sezen, Tahir (2017) “İznik”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[2], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 392