اور طشرهسی
Ottoman Turkish
editEtymology
editCalque of Old East Slavic оукраина (ukraina), analyzed as اور (or, “fence, wall”) + طشره (taşra, “outer, exterior”).
Proper noun
edit- Ukraine (a historical region in Eastern Europe, surrounding the modern country of Ukraine)
Usage notes
editThis was used for the region surrounding the modern country of the same name as it was used during the Ottoman era.
See also
editReferences
edit- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اور طشرهسی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 241