صوفيه

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• صوفیه (Sofiye)

Etymology

From Bulgarian Со́фия (Sófiya), from църква „Света София“ (cǎrkva "Sveta Sofija"), from Byzantine Greek Ναός Ἁγίας Σοφίας (Naós Hagías Sophías, “Church of Holy Wisdom”), the city's prominent 6th-century Byzantine Greek church, from Ancient Greek σοφία (sophía, “wisdom”).

Proper noun

صوفيه • (Sofya)

1. Sofia (the capital of Bulgaria)

Descendants

• English: Sofya
• Turkish: Sofya

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “صوفيه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1193
• Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Sofya”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[2], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 693