پوسخوف

Ottoman Turkish

Posof district

Alternative forms

• پوسخو (poshov)

Etymology

Borrowed from Georgian ფოცხოვი (pocxovi), perhaps from earlier ბოცოს ხევი (bocos xevi, “Boco's ravine”), from the personal name ბოცო (boco) + ხევი (xevi, “ravine”). This town is home of an important Meskhetian community.

Proper noun

پوسخوف • (poshof)

1. Posof (a town and district in Ardahan province, Turkey)

Descendants

• Turkish: Posof

Further reading

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “Posof”, 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) “Posof”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 624