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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
آق (ak, “white”) + دكز (deñiz, deniz, “sea”).
Referring to it as the "White" sea is common throughout the region, see Arabic الْبَحْر الْأَبْيَض الْمُتَوَسِّط (al-baḥr al-ʔabyaḍ al-mutawassiṭ, “"Middle white sea”), Persian بحر سفید, though these may be calques as direct translations from the Ottoman (possibly by the Ottomans). See the Wikipedia page for more details.
Proper noun
آق دكز • (Ak Deñiz)
- Mediterranean Sea
- Synonyms: بحر سفید (Bahr-i Sefid), بحر روم (Bahr-i Rûm)
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