تكیر طاغ

Ottoman Turkish

Tekirdağ province

Alternative forms

• تكفور طاغی (tekfur dağı)

Etymology

Morphologically from تكیر (tekir, “brindled, tabby”) + طاغ (dağ, “mountain”), but this is just a corrupted form of the earlier name تكفور طاغی (Tekfur Dağı), from تكفور (tekfur, “a Christian bey in Thrace”) + طاغ (dağ, “mountain”). Before the 18ᵗʰ century this city was known as ردوسجق (rodoscuk).

Proper noun

تكیر طاغ • (tekir dağ)

1. Tekirdağ (a city, district, and province in West Marmara region, Turkey)

   Synonym: ردوسجق (rodoscuk) (historical)

Descendants

• Turkish: Tekirdağ
• → Armenian: Թեքիրդաղ (Tʻekʻirdaġ), Թէքիրտաղ (Tʻēkʻirtaġ)

Further reading

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “Tekirdağ”, 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) “Tekirdağ”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 747