اسپارطه

Ottoman Turkish

Isparta province

Etymology

Perhaps a Turkicized form from the unattested Byzantine Greek toponym *Σβάριδα (*Sbárida), from the accusative form of Ancient Greek Βάρις (Báris) with the prefix σ-. At the beginning of the 19th century the city was known as حمید آباد (hâmid âbâd).

Proper noun

اسپارطه • (ısparta)

1. Isparta (a city, district, and province in the Mediterranean region, Turkey)

   Synonym: حمید آباد (hamîd âbâd) (obsolete)

Descendants

• Turkish: Isparta

Further reading

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “Isparta”, in Nişanyan Yeradları: Türkiye ve Çevre Ülkeler Yerleşim Birimleri Envanteri [Index Anatolicus: An inventory of place names of Turkey and surrounding countries] (in Turkish)
• Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Isparta”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 365