كوله

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *kȫle.

Noun

كوله • (köle) (definite accusative كوله‌یی (köleyi), plural كوله‌لر (köleler))

1. male slave

Derived terms

• كوله‌لك (kölelik, “slavery”)

Descendants

• Turkish: köle
• → Armenian: քէօլէ (kʻēōlē)

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كوله”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1059

Etymology 2

Göle District

From Georgian კოლა (ḳola). The town was previously known as مرده‌نیك (Merdenik).

Proper noun

گوله • (Göle)

1. Göle (a town and district in Ardahan province, Turkey)

   Synonym: مرده‌نیك (Merdenik) (obsolete)

Descendants

• Turkish: Göle
• → Greek: Γκιόλε (Gkióle)

Further reading

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “Göle”, 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) “Göle”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[2], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 299

Etymology 3

Noun

گوله • (gülle)

1. Alternative spelling of گله (gülle)

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كوله”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1601