اغریبوز

Ottoman Turkish

اغریبوز

Alternative forms

• آغریبوز (Ağrıboz)

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Εὔρῑπος (Eúrīpos), the name of the strait that separates Euboea and Boeotia.

Proper noun

اغریبوز • (Eğriboz)

1. Euboea (an island off the eastern coast of Boeotia, Greece).
2. Chalcis (a city in Euboea, Greece).

Descendants

• Turkish: Eğriboz
• → Armenian: Էյրիպօզ (Ēyripōz), Էղրիպօզ (Ēġripōz)

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اغریبوز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 150
• Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Eğriboz”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları‎^[2], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 240