اور طشره‌سی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Calque of Old East Slavic оукраина (ukraina), analyzed as اور (or, “fence, wall”) +‎ طشره (taşra, “outer, exterior”).

Proper noun

اور طشره‌سی • (Or Taşrası)

1. Ukraine (a historical region in Eastern Europe, surrounding the modern country of Ukraine)

Usage notes

This was used for the region surrounding the modern country of the same name as it was used during the Ottoman era.

See also

• اوقرانیا

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اور طشره‌سی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 241