اوسكدار

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek Σκουτάριον (Skoutárion), perhaps from Latin scūtārium, accusative of scūtārius (“guard armed with a shield”); however, Nishanyan does not rule out a derivation from Persian اسکدار (uskudār, “messenger station”). This city was originally called Χρῡσόπολῐς (Khrūsópolĭs) by the Ancient Greeks, a compound of χρῡσός (khrūsós, “gold”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”).

Proper noun

اوسكدار • (üsküdar)

  1. Üsküdar (a city and district of Istanbul, Turkey)

Descendants

  • Turkish: Üsküdar
  • → Armenian: Ուսկյուդար (Uskyudar)
  • → Kyrgyz: Үскүдар (Üsküdar)

Further reading

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