استانكوی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From a reinterpretation of the Greek expression εις την Κω, which means to Kos. The proper noun was probably influenced by other placenames such as استانبول (istanbul) and by the noun كوی (köy, “village; settlement”).

Proper noun

استانكوی • (istanköy)

1. Kos (a town and island in the Dodecanese, Greece).

Descendants

• Turkish: İstanköy
• → Armenian: Իսթանքէօյ (Istʻankʻēōy)

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “استانكوی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 88
• Sezen, Tahir (2017) “İstanköy”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[2], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 386