طربزون

Ottoman Turkish

Trabzon province

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Τραπεζοῦντα (Trapezoûnta), accusative of Τραπεζοῦς (Trapezoûs).

Proper noun

طربزون • (Tırabızon)

1. Trabzon (a city and province in the East Black Sea region, Turkey)

Derived terms

• طربزون خرماسی (tırabızon hurması, “a kind of date plum, diospyros”)

Descendants

• Turkish: Trabzon
  • → English: Trabzon
  • → Russian: Трабзо́н (Trabzón)

Further reading

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “Trabzon”, in Nişanyan Yeradları: Türkiye ve Çevre Ülkeler Yerleşim Birimleri Envanteri [Index Anatolicus: An inventory of place names of Turkey and surrounding countries] (in Turkish)
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طربزون”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1234
• Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Trabzon”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[2], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 762