اورفه

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Ottoman Turkish[edit]

Şanlıurfa Province

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Classical Syriac ܐܘܪܗܝ (ʾurhāy).

Proper noun[edit]

اورفه (Urfa)

  1. Urfa (a city in southeastern Turkey)
  2. Sanliurfa (a province in southeastern Turkey)

Descendants[edit]

  • English: Urfa
  • Turkish: Urfa

Further reading[edit]

  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اورفه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 245
  • Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Urfa”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎[2], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 775