العزیز

Ottoman Turkish

Elazığ province

Etymology

The city was once a suburb of the ancient town of خرپوت (harput), largely destroyed during World War I, and gains its name after the creation of Mamuret-ul-Aziz vilayet from a part of the Diyarbekir vilayet, in honor of the sultan Abdulaziz. Subsequently, the name معمورةالعزیز (mamûretülʼazîz) came into use as an alternative name for خرپوت (harput) and it quickly evolved into the clipped form elʼazîz.

Proper noun

العزیز • (elʼazîz)

1. Elazığ (a city and province in Central East Anatolia, Turkey)

Descendants

• Turkish: Elâzığ
• → Armenian: Էլազիզ (Ēlaziz), Էլյազիզ (Ēlyaziz)

Further reading

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “Elazığ”, 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) “Elazığ”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 241