بتلیس

See also: بتليس

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Arabic بَدْلِيس (badlīs), Old Armenian Բաղէշ (Bałēš).

Proper noun

بتلیس • (Bitlis)

  1. Bitlis (a city in Bitlis Province, Turkey; 25 km southwest of Tatvan at Lake Van)
  2. Bitlis (a province of Turkey; to the west of Van Province)
  3. Bitlis (a sanjak in Bitlis Province, Turkey)
  4. Bitlis (a district of Bitlis Province, Turkey)

Descendants

  • Turkish: Bitlis
  • → Arabic: بِتْلِيس (bitlīs)
  • → Armenian: Բիթլիս (Bitʻlis)

Persian

Alternative forms

  • بیتلیس (bitlis)

Etymology

Reborrowed from Ottoman Turkish بتلیس (bitlis).

Proper noun

بتلیس • (betlis)

  1. alternative form of بدلیس (badlis)
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