سابستیه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Σεβαστεία (Sebasteía), from Σεβαστός (Sebastós) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming place names”), from σεβᾰστός (sebăstós, “venerable, august”) used as a calque of Latin Augustus. Doublet of سیواس.

Proper noun

سابستیه • (Sebastiye)

  1. Sebastia (a city in the West Bank, Palestine; the former capital of the Kingdom of Israel)

Descendants

  • Turkish: Sebastiye

References

  • Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Sebastiye”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎[1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 647
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