لفقوشه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Greek Λευκωσία (Lefkosía).

Proper noun

لفقوشه • (lefkoşa)

  1. Nicosia (the capital city of Cyprus)

Descendants
  • Turkish: Lefkoşa
  • → Armenian: Լէֆքօշա (Lēfkʿōša)

Further reading
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890), “لفقوشه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1636
  • Sezen, Tahir (2017), “Lefkoşe”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 511
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