ازنیق
Ottoman Turkish
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Etymology
[edit]From Byzantine Greek Νίκαια (Níkaia), named after Nicaea, wife of Lysimachus, from Ancient Greek νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”) + -ῐᾰ (-ĭă, “-ia: forming feminine names”).
Proper noun
[edit]ازنیق • (İznik)
- Iznik (a town and district in Bursa province, Turkey)
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “İznik”, in Nişanyan Yeradları: Türkiye ve Çevre Ülkeler Yerleşim Birimleri Envanteri [Index Anatolicus: An inventory of place names of Turkey and surrounding countries] (in Turkish)
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ازنیق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 82
- Sezen, Tahir (2017) “İznik”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names][2], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 392