بنغازی
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Ottoman Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Apparently from earlier Arabic مرسى بني غازي (“port of ibn Ghazi”) first attested on a 1579 map by Ali al-Sharfi. Possibly a reference to a Muslim holy man Sidi ibn Ghazi. "Ibn Ghazi" itself can literally be translated as "son of the ghazi (warrior)".
Proper noun
[edit]بنغازی • (Bingâzi)
Descendants
[edit]- Turkish: Bingazi