قارتاجە

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Ottoman Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Ultimately from Phoenician 𐤒𐤓𐤕-𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 (qrt-ḥdšt, literally New City).

Proper noun[edit]

قارتاجە (Kartaca)

  1. (historical) Carthage (a former city in Tunisia)
  2. (historical) Carthage (a historical polity in North Africa)

Descendants[edit]

  • Turkish: Kartaca

References[edit]

  • Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Kartaca”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎[1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 433