سمادیرك

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek Σαμοθρᾴκη (Samothrā́ikē), from Ancient Greek Σᾰ́μος (Sámos, “Samos”) + Θρᾴκη (Thrā́ikē, “Thrace”), from the island's early Greek colonizers and the general ancient territory in which it lay.

Proper noun

سمادیرك • (Semadirek)

1. Samothrace (an island in East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece).

Descendants

• Turkish: Semadirek

Further reading

• Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Semadirek”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 673