یڭی شهر
Ottoman Turkish
editEtymology
editFrom یڭی (yeni, “new”) + شهر (şehir, “town”). In reference to the Cretan town, a calque of Byzantine Greek Νεάπολις (Neápolis, “New City”).
Proper noun
edit- Yenisehir (a city in Turkey, near Bursa)
- Larissa (a city in Greece; capital of Thessaly)
- Neapoli (a town in Crete, Greece)
- (historical) Former name of قره جه صو, Karacasu (a city in Turkey, near Denizli)
- (historical) Yenisehir (a former town in Turkey, near Beyşehir)
Synonyms
edit- (Town near Bursa): یڭی شهر بروسه (Yeni Şehir-i Bursa)
- (Larissa): یڭی شهر فنار (Yeni Şehir-i Fener)
Derived terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Yenişehir”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names][1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, pages 815–816
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- Ottoman Turkish terms borrowed from Byzantine Greek
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- Ottoman Turkish terms calqued from Byzantine Greek
- Ottoman Turkish lemmas
- Ottoman Turkish proper nouns
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- ota:Cities in Greece
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- ota:Towns in Greece
- Ottoman Turkish terms with historical senses
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