فیلادلفیا

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From English Philadelphia and Byzantine Greek Φιλαδέλφεια (Philadélpheia), from Ancient Greek φιλάδελφος (philádelphos, “brother/sibling-loving”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming placenames”), from the combining form of φῐλέειν (phĭléein, “to love”) + ἀδελφός (adelphós, “brother, sibling”).

Proper noun

فیلادلفیا • (Filadelfiya)

  1. (historical) Philadelphia (former name of عمان (= Amman): the capital of Jordan)
  2. (historical) Philadelphia (former name of آلاشهر (= Alaşehir): a city, municipality, and district of Manisa Province, Turkey)
  3. Philadelphia (a city in Pennsylvania, United States)

Descendants

  • Turkish: Filedelfiya

References

  • Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Filadelfiya”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎[1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 271
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