طرسوس

Ottoman Turkish

Tarsus district

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ταρσός (Tarsós), ultimately from Hittite Tarsa.

Proper noun

طرسوس • (Tarsus)

1. Tarsus (a town and district in Mersin province, Turkey)

Descendants

• Turkish: Tarsus

Further reading

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “Tarsus”, in Nişanyan Yeradları: Türkiye ve Çevre Ülkeler Yerleşim Birimleri Envanteri [Index Anatolicus: An inventory of place names of Turkey and surrounding countries] (in Turkish)
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طرسوس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1236
• Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Tarsus”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[2], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 738