ردوس

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek Ῥόδος (Rhódos), from Ancient Greek of uncertain origin.

Proper noun

ردوس • (Rodos)

  1. Rhodes (a city and island in the Dodecanese, Greece)

Derived terms

  • ردوسلو (rodoslu, “Rhodian”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: Rodos

Further reading

  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ردوس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 971
  • Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Rodos”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎[2], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 643
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