یكی شهر

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From یڭی (yeñi, “new”) + شهر (şehr, “town”). In reference to the Cretan town, a calque of Byzantine Greek Νεάπολις (Neápolis, literally “new city”).

Proper noun

یڭی شهر • (yeñi şehr)

1. Yenisehir (a city in Turkey, near Bursa)

   Synonym: یڭی شهر بروسه (yeñi şehr-i bursa)

2. Larissa (a city in Greece; capital of Thessaly)

   Synonym: یڭی شهر فنار (yeñi şehr-i fener)

3. Neapoli (a town in Crete, Greece)
4. (historical) Former name of قره جه صو, Karacasu (a city in Turkey, near Denizli)
5. (historical) Yenisehir (a former town in Turkey, near Beyşehir)

Derived terms

• یڭی شهر آيدين
• یڭی شهر بروسه
• یڭی شهر فنار

 

Descendants

• Turkish: Yenişehir
  • English: Yenisehir, Yenişehir

References

• Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Yenişehir”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, pages 815–816