باقركوی

Ottoman Turkish

Bakırköy district

Etymology

Morphologically from باقر (bakır, “copper”) +‎ كوی (köy, “village”), an adaptation from the earlier name مقری كوی (mâkri köy), itself a corrupted form of Greek Μακροχώρι (Makrochóri, literally “long village”).

Proper noun

باقركوی • (bakırköy)

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

Descendants

• Turkish: Bakırköy
• → Armenian: Պագըրքէօյ (Pagərkʻēōy), Պաքըրքէօյ (Pakʻərkʻēōy)

Further reading

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “Bakırköy”, 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) “Bakırköy”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 82