لفقوشه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek Λευκωσία (Leukōsía), q.v.

Proper noun

لفقوشه • (Lefkoşa)

1. Nicosia (the capital city of Cyprus and Northern Cyprus)

Descendants

• Turkish: Lefkoşa
• → Armenian: Լէֆքօշա (Lēfkʻōša)

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “لفقوشه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1636
• Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Lefkoşe”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[2], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 511