طربزون
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Greek Τραπεζούντα (Trapezoúnta), from Ancient Greek Τραπεζοῦς (Trapezoûs).
Proper noun
طربزون • (Tırabızon)
Derived terms
- طربزون خرماسی (tırabızon hurması, “a kind of date plum, diospyros”)
Descendants
Further reading
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “Trabzon”, in Nişanyan Yeradları: Türkiye ve Çevre Ülkeler Yerleşim Birimleri Envanteri [Index Anatolicus: An inventory of place names of Turkey and surrounding countries] (in Turkish)
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طربزون”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1234
- Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Trabzon”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names][2], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 762
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish طربزون (Tırabızon), from Ancient Greek Τραπεζοῦς (Trapezoûs).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ta.ɾab.ˈzuːn/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾäb.zúːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰæ.ɹæb.zúːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾäb.zún]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | tarabzūn |
| Dari reading? | tarabzūn |
| Iranian reading? | tarabzun |
| Tajik reading? | tarabzun |
Proper noun
طربزون • (tarabzun)
- obsolete form of ترابزون (terâbzun) (= Trabzon,Trebizond): a city and province of Turkey
- c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 264:
- هر گوشه بتی هر طرفی حور سرشتی
از ماه و نشاطست طربزون چو بهشتی- har gōša butē har tarafē hūr sirištē
az māh u nišāt-ast tarabzūn čū bihištē - An idol-like beauty in corner, a houri-natured beauty on every side;
Trebizond is like a paradise from the moon [or moon-like beauty] and merry-making.
- har gōša butē har tarafē hūr sirištē