نیكده
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Byzantine Greek Μαγίδα (Magída), as the city was known in the early Middle Ages, ultimately from Hittite [script needed] (Nahita, Naxita).
Proper noun
نیكده • (niğde)
Descendants
- Turkish: Niğde
- → Armenian: Նիկտէ (Niktē), Նիյտէ (Niytē)
Further reading
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “Niğde”, in Nişanyan Yeradları: Türkiye ve Çevre Ülkeler Yerleşim Birimleri Envanteri [Index Anatolicus: An inventory of place names of Turkey and surrounding countries] (in Turkish)
- Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Niğde”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names][1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 580