صاصون

Ottoman Turkish

Sason district

Etymology

Borrowed from Armenian Սասուն (Sasun). The town was formerly known as قابلجواز (kabilcevaz).

Proper noun

صاصون • (sason)

1. Sason (a town and district in Batman province, Turkey)

   Synonym: قابلجواز (kabilcevaz) (obsolete)

Descendants

• Turkish: Sason

Further reading

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “Sason”, 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) “Sason”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 666