اغریبوز

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • آغریبوز (Ağrıboz)

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Εὔρῑπος (Eúrīpos), the name of the strait that separates Euboea and Boeotia.

Proper noun

اغریبوز • (Eğriboz)

  1. Euboea (an island off the eastern coast of Boeotia, Greece)
  2. Chalcis (a city in Euboea, Greece)

Descendants

  • Turkish: Eğriboz
  • → Armenian: Էյրիպօզ (Ēyripōz), Էղրիպօզ (Ēġripōz)

Further reading

  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اغریبوز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 150
  • Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Eğriboz”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎[2], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 240
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