طربزون

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Greek Τραπεζούντα (Trapezoúnta), from Ancient Greek Τραπεζοῦς (Trapezoûs).

Proper noun

طربزون • (Tırabızon)

  1. Trabzon (a city and province in the East Black Sea region, Turkey)

Derived terms

  • طربزون خرماسی (tırabızon hurması, a kind of date plum, diospyros)

Descendants

  • Turkish: Trabzon
    • English: Trabzon
    • Russian: Трабзо́н (Trabzón)

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish طربزون (Tırabızon), from Ancient Greek Τραπεζοῦς (Trapezoûs).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾäb.zúːn]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾäb.zúːn]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾäb.zún]

Readings
Classical reading? tarabzūn
Dari reading? tarabzūn
Iranian reading? tarabzun
Tajik reading? tarabzun

Proper noun

طربزون • (tarabzun)

  1. 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.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)