مدیاد

Ottoman Turkish

Midyat district

Etymology

Borrowed from Northern Kurdish Midyad, itself from Classical Syriac ܡܕܝܕ (mëḏyaḏ).

Proper noun

مدیاد • (midyad)

1. Midyat (a town and district in Mardin province, Turkey)

Descendants

• Turkish: Midyat

Further reading

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “Midyat”, in Nişanyan Yeradları: Türkiye ve Çevre Ülkeler Yerleşim Birimleri Envanteri [Index Anatolicus: An inventory of place names of Turkey and surrounding countries] (in Turkish)
• Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Midyat”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 553