سلچوق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Ultimately from a Proto-Oghuz term attested as Old Anatolian Turkish سلجك (selcuk) in the Dede Korkut and Karakhanid سلجك (selcuk) in Mahmud al-Kashgari's Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk, of uncertain etymology. See Seljuk.

Proper noun

سلچوق • (selçuk)

  1. (historical) alternative form of سلجوق (selcuk), Seljuk (founder of the Seljuk dynasty)
  2. Selçuk (a town, municipality, and district of İzmir Province, Turkey, near the ruins of ancient Ephesus)
    Synonyms: ایاصـولق (ayasuluk), آیاسلوغ (ayasuluğ), افس (efes) (historical)

Descendants

  • Turkish: Selçuk
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