سابستیه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Σεβαστεία (Sebasteía), from Σεβαστός (Sebastós) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming place names”), from σεβᾰστός (sebastós, “venerable, august”) used as a calque of Latin Augustus. Doublet of سیواس.

Proper noun

سابستیه • (Sebastiye)

1. Sebastia (a city in the West Bank, Palestine; former capital of the Kingdom of Israel)

Descendants

• Turkish: Sebastiye

References

• Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Sebastiye”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 647