یشیل كوی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From یشیل (yeşil, “green”) + كوی (köy, “village”), so named in 1913 during the Balkan Wars. The neighbourhood was previously known as آیاستفانوس (ayastefanos).

Proper noun

یشیل كوی • (yeşil köy)

1. Yeşilköy (a neighbourhood in Bakırköy district, Istanbul province, Turkey)

   Synonym: آیاستفانوس (ayastefanos) (historical)

Descendants

• Turkish: Yeşilköy
• → Armenian: Եէշիլքէօյ (Eēšilkʻēōy)

Further reading

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “Yeşilköy”, 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) “Yeşilköy”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 819