بایبورد
Ottoman Turkish
editEtymology
editThe city was mentioned by Procopius as Βαιβερδῶν (Baiberdôn), probably from Old Armenian Բայբերդ (Bayberd). The first element of this word is unknown, but the second one is probably բերդ (berd, “fortress”).
Proper noun
editبایبورد • (bayburd)
- Bayburt (a city and province in Northeast Anatolia, Turkey)
Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1904) Die altarmenischen Ortsnamen (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, page 413
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “Bayburt”, 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) “Bayburt”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names][1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 95