یانیه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Greek Ιωάννινα (Ioánnina) of uncertain origin.

Proper noun

یانیه • (Yanya)

  1. Ioannina (a city in the Epirus region, Greece)

Derived terms

  • یانیه كولی (Yanya gölü, “Lake Pamvotis”)
  • یانیه‌لی (yanyali, “inhabitant of Ioannina”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: Yanya

Further reading

  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یانیه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2195
  • Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Yanya”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎[2], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 801
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