سلچوق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Ultimately from a Proto-Oghuz term attested as Old Anatolian Turkish سلجك (Selcuk) in the Dede Korkut and Karakhanid سلجك (Selcuk) in Mahmud al-Kashgari's Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk, of uncertain etymology. See Seljuk.

Proper noun

سلچوق • (Selçuk)

(historical) Alternative form of سلجوق (Selcuk), Seljuk (founder of the Seljuk dynasty)
Selcuk (a city in Izmir, Turkey) near the ruins of ancient Ephesus

Synonyms

(city): اياصـولق (Ayasuluk), آياسلوغ (Ayasuluğ), أفس (Efes) (historical)

Descendants

Turkish: Selçuk

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