قونیه

See also: قونية, and قونیہ

Ottoman Turkish

Konya province

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek Ἰκόνιον (Ikónion), from an Ancient Greek adaption of Luwian Ikkuwaniya, from Hittite Kawana.

Proper noun

قونیه • (Konya)

1. Konya (a city and province in the West Anatolia region, Turkey)

Derived terms

• قونیوی (konyevi, “inhabitant of Konya”)

Descendants

• Turkish: Konya
  • English: Konya
• → Armenian: Ղոնիա (Ġonia)

Further reading

• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Iconium”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[1], Vienna, column 721
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “Konya”, in Nişanyan Yeradları: Türkiye ve Çevre Ülkeler Yerleşim Birimleri Envanteri (in Turkish)
• Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Konya”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları‎^[2], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 479

Persian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἰκόνιον (Ikónion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [quː.ni.ja]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [quː.ni.jä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [quː.ni.jä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [quː.ni.jä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qu.ni.jä]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [quː.ni.je]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qu.ni.jä]

Readings
Classical reading?	qūniya
Dari reading?	qūniya
Iranian reading?	ğuniye
Tajik reading?	quniya

Proper noun

Dari	قونیه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Қуния

قونیه • (quniye)

1. Konya (a city in Turkey)