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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From آق (ak, “white”) + كرمان (kerman, “fortified town”), a calque of Byzantine Greek Άσπρόκαστρον (Ásprókastron), from άσπρος (áspros, “white”) + κάστρον (kástron, “castle, stronghold”). Compare Romanian Cetatea Albă, Ukrainian Бі́лгород (Bílhorod) and German Weißenburg.
Proper noun
آق كرمان • (ak kerman or ak kirman)
- Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi (a city in Odesa Oblast, in southern Ukraine)
Descendants
Further reading
- Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Akkirman”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 21