آناطولی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνατολή (anatolḗ, “east”).

Noun

آناطولی • (Anadolı, Anadolu)

Anatolia, the peninsula where Turkey is located, also known as Asia Minor

Derived terms

ایالت آناطولی‎ (Eyaleti Anadolı, Eyaleti Anadolu, “province of Western Anatolia”)
آناطولیلی‎ (anadolılı, anadolulu, “Anatolian”)

Descendants

Turkish: Anadolu
→ Arabic: اَلْأَنَاضُول‎ (al-ʾanāḍūl)

References

Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “آناطولی”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 434

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