فیلادلفیا

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From English Philadelphia and Byzantine Greek Φιλαδέλφεια (Philadélpheia), from Ancient Greek φιλάδελφος (philádelphos, “brother/sibling-loving”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming placenames”), from the combining form of φῐλέειν (philéein, “to love”) + ἀδελφός (adelphós, “brother, sibling”).

Proper noun

فیلادلفیا • (Filadelfiya)

1. (historical) Former name of عمان (Amman), Amman (the capital of Jordan)
2. (historical) Former name of آلاشهر (Alaşehir), Alasehir (a city in Turkey)
3. Philadelphia (a city in Pennsylvania, United States)

Descendants

• Turkish: Filedelfiya

References

• Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Filadelfiya”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 271