اورفه

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Ottoman Turkish

Şanlıurfa Province

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܐܘܪܗܝ (ʾurhāy).

Proper noun

اورفه (Urfa)

  1. Urfa (a city in southeastern Turkey)
  2. Sanliurfa (a province in southeastern Turkey)

Descendants

  • English: Urfa
  • Turkish: Urfa

Further reading

  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اورفه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 245
  • Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Urfa”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎, 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 775