صیدا

See also: صيدا

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَيْدَا (ṣaydā), from Classical Syriac ܨܰܝܕ݁ܳܢ (ṣaydon), itself from Phoenician 𐤑𐤉𐤃𐤅𐤍 (ṣydwn /⁠ṣīdūn⁠/).

Proper noun

صیدا • (sayda)

  1. Saïda (a port city in western Lebanon)

Descendants
  • Turkish: Sayda

Further reading
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “صیدا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1198
  • Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Sayda”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎, 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 668
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