هرسك
Ottoman Turkish
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Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from German Herzog (“duke”).
Proper noun
[edit]هرسك • (hersek)
- (historical) herzog, a German hereditary title held by one who rules a territorial duchy
- (geography) Herzegovina (the southern region or wedge of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “هرسك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1323
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “هرسك”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[2], Vienna, column 5461
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “هرسك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2162
- Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Hersek”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names][4], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 346