آرناود كوی

Ottoman Turkish

Arnavutköy district

Etymology

From آرناود (arnavud, “Albanian”) + كوی (köy, “village”), due to the large presence of Albanian inhabitants in the area.

Proper noun

آرناود كوی • (arnavud köy)

1. Arnavutköy (a city and district in Istanbul province, Turkey)

Descendants

• Turkish: Arnavutköy
• → Armenian: Առնավուտքէօյ (Aṙnavutkʻēōy)

Further reading

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “Arnavutköy”, 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) “Arnavutköy”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 48