ازمید

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Variant of İznikmid, from Byzantine Greek Νικομήδεια (Nikomḗdeia, “Nicomedia”), from Ancient Greek Νικομήδης (Nikomḗdēs) + -ιᾰ (-iă, “ia: forming place names”).

Proper noun

ازمید • (İzmit)

  1. Izmit (a city and districtp, a Kocaeli in Turkey)

Descendants

  • Turkish: İzmit

Further reading

  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ازمید”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 82
  • Sezen, Tahir (2017) “İzmit”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎[2], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 391
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