Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Byzantine Greek Λευκωσία (Leukōsía), q.v.

Proper noun edit

لفقوشه (Lefkoşa)

  1. Nicosia (the capital city of Cyprus and Northern Cyprus)

Descendants edit

  • Turkish: Lefkoşa
  • Armenian: Լէֆքօշա (Lēfkʻōša)

Further reading edit

  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “لفقوشه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1636
  • Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Lefkoşe”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎[2], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 511