قارتاجە

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Ultimately from Phoenician 𐤒𐤓𐤕-𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 (qrt-ḥdšt, literally “New City”).

Proper noun

قارتاجە • (Kartaca)

1. (historical) Carthage (a former city in Tunisia)
2. (historical) Carthage (a historical polity in North Africa)

Descendants

• Turkish: Kartaca

References

• Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Kartaca”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 433