تكیر طاغ

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • تكفور طاغی (tekfur dağı)

Etymology

Morphologically from تكیر (tekir, “brindled, tabby”) + طاغ (dağ, “mountain”), but this is just a corrupted form of the earlier name تكفور طاغی (Tekfur Dağı), from تكفور (tekfur, “a Christian bey in Thrace”) + طاغ (dağ, “mountain”). Before the 18ᵗʰ century this city was known as ردوسجق (rodoscuk).

Proper noun

تكیر طاغ • (tekir dağ)

  1. Tekirdağ (a city, district, and province in West Marmara region, Turkey)
    Synonym: ردوسجق (rodoscuk) (historical)

Descendants

  • Turkish: Tekirdağ
  • → Armenian: Թեքիրդաղ (Tʻekʻirdaġ), Թէքիրտաղ (Tʻēkʻirtaġ)

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