آدی یامان

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Morphologically from آدی (adı), inflection of آد (ad, “name”), + یامان (yaman, “bad, wicked”), but the true meaning of the toponym remains unclear. Before 1926 the city was known as حصن منصور (hısn-ı mansur).

Proper noun

آدی یامان • (adı yaman)

  1. Adıyaman (a city, district, and province in Southeast Anatolia, Turkey)
    Synonym: حصن منصور (hısn-ı mansur) (historical)

Descendants

  • Turkish: Adıyaman

Further reading

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