صفرانبولی

Ottoman Turkish

Safranbolu district

Alternative forms

• زاغفرانبولی (zağferanbolu)

Etymology

From Greek Σαφράμπολις (Safrámpolis). During the XVI century the town was known as طراقلی بورلی (taraklı borlu).

Proper noun

صفرانبولی • (safranbolu)

1. Safranbolu (a town and district in Karabük province, Turkey)

   Synonym: طراقلی بورلی (taraklı borlu) (historical)

Descendants

• Turkish: Safranbolu

Further reading

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “Safranbolu”, in Nişanyan Yeradları: Türkiye ve Çevre Ülkeler Yerleşim Birimleri Envanteri [Index Anatolicus: An inventory of place names of Turkey and surrounding countries] (in Turkish)
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “صفرانبولی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1179
• Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Safranbolu”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[2], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 649