صوفيه
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Ottoman Turkish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- صوفیه (Sofiye)
Etymology[edit]
From Bulgarian Со́фия (Sófiya), from църква „Света София“ (cǎrkva "Sveta Sofija"), from Byzantine Greek Ναός Ἁγίας Σοφίας (Naós Hagías Sophías, “Church of Holy Wisdom”), the city's prominent 6th-century Byzantine Greek church, from Ancient Greek σοφία (sophía, “wisdom”).
Proper noun[edit]
صوفيه • (Sofya)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “صوفيه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1193
- Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Sofya”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names][2], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 693
Categories:
- Ottoman Turkish terms borrowed from Bulgarian
- Ottoman Turkish terms derived from Bulgarian
- Ottoman Turkish terms derived from Byzantine Greek
- Ottoman Turkish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Ottoman Turkish lemmas
- Ottoman Turkish proper nouns
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