اسپارطه
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Ottoman Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Perhaps a Turkicized form from the unattested Byzantine Greek toponym *Σβάριδα (*Sbárida), from the accusative form of Ancient Greek Βάρις (Báris) with the prefix σ-. At the beginning of the 19th century the city was known as حمید آباد (hâmid âbâd).
Proper noun
[edit]اسپارطه • (ısparta)
- Isparta (a city, district, and province in the Mediterranean region, Turkey)
- Synonym: حمید آباد (hamîd âbâd) (obsolete)
Descendants
[edit]- Turkish: Isparta
Further reading
[edit]- Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “Isparta”, 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) “Isparta”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names][1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 365