تكیر طاغ
Ottoman Turkish
Tekirdağ province
Alternative forms
- تكفور طاغی (tekfur dağı)
Etymology
Morphologically from تكیر (tekir, “brindled, tabby”) + طاغ (dağ, “mountain”), but this is just a corrupted form of the earlier name تكفور طاغی (Tekfur Dağı), from تكفور (tekfur, “a Christian bey in Thrace”) + طاغ (dağ, “mountain”). Before the 18ᵗʰ century this city was known as ردوسجق (rodoscuk).
Proper noun
Descendants
- Turkish: Tekirdağ
- → Armenian: Թեքիրդաղ (Tʻekʻirdaġ), Թէքիրտաղ (Tʻēkʻirtaġ)
Further reading
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “Tekirdağ”, 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) “Tekirdağ”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 747
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