وارطو

Ottoman Turkish

Varto district

Etymology

Borrowed from Armenian Վարդո (Vardo). In the past centuries the town was also known as كومكوم (gümgüm), a name of Kurdish origin.

Proper noun

وارطو • (varto)

1. Varto (a town and district in Muş province, Turkey)

   Synonym: كومكوم (gümgüm) — historical

Descendants

• Turkish: Varto

Further reading

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “Varto”, 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) “Varto”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 787