قندیه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Venetan Candia, an adapted form of Arabic رَبْض الخَنْدَق (rabḍ al-ḵandaq, literally “castle of the moat”), name of the Cretan city of Heraklion under the Emirate of Crete.

Proper noun

قندیه • (kandiye)

  1. Iraklion (the capital and largest city of Crete, Greece)

Descendants

  • Turkish: Kandiye

Further reading

  • Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Kandiye”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎[1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 410
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