یكی شهر

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From یڭی (yeñi, “new”) + شهر (şehr, “town”). In reference to the Cretan town, a calque of Byzantine Greek Νεάπολις (Neápolis, literally “new city”).

Proper noun

یڭی شهر • (yeñi şehr)

  1. Yenisehir (a city in Turkey, near Bursa)
    Synonym: یڭی شهر بروسه (yeñi şehr-i bursa)
  2. Larissa (a city in Greece; the capital of Thessaly)
    Synonym: یڭی شهر فنار (yeñi şehr-i fener)
  3. Neapoli (a town in Crete, Greece)
  4. (historical) Yenisehir (former name of قره جه صو (= Karacasu): a city in Turkey, near Denizli)
  5. (historical) Yenisehir (a former town in Turkey, near Beyşehir)

Derived terms

  • یڭی شهر آيدين
  • یڭی شهر بروسه
  • یڭی شهر فنار

Descendants

  • Turkish: Yenişehir

References

  • Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Yenişehir”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎[1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, pages 815–816
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