نیكده

Ottoman Turkish

Niğde province

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek Μαγίδα (Magída), as the city was known in the early Middle Ages, ultimately from Hittite [script needed] (Nahita, Naxita).

Proper noun

نیكده • (niğde)

1. Niğde (a city, district, and province in Central Anatolia, Turkey)

Descendants

• Turkish: Niğde
• → Armenian: Նիկտէ (Niktē), Նիյտէ (Niytē)

Further reading

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “Niğde”, 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) “Niğde”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 580