وارطو
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Armenian Վարդո (Vardo). In the past centuries the town was also known as كومكوم (gümgüm), a name of Kurdish origin.
Proper noun
وارطو • (varto)
Descendants
- Turkish: Varto
Further reading
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “Varto”, 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) “Varto”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names][1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 787