سیواس

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek Σεβάστεια (Sebásteia), from Ancient Greek σεβαστή (sebastḗ, “emperor's day”) + -εια (-eia), from Σεβαστός (Sebastós) used as a calque of Latin Augustus. Doublet of سابستیه (sebastiye, “a city in Palestine”).

Proper noun

سیواس • (sivas)

  1. (historical) Sivas (an eyalet in the Ottoman Empire)
    Synonym: ایالت سیواس (eyâlet-i sivas)
  2. Sivas (a city, district, and province in Central Anatolia, Turkey)

Derived terms

  • ایالت سیواس (eyâlet-i sivas, “Sivas eyalet”)
  • سیواسلو (sivaslı, “inhabitant of Sivas”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: Sivas
  • → English: Sivas

Further reading

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