بنغازی

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Apparently from earlier Arabic مرسى بني غازي (“port of ibn Ghazi”) first attested on a 1579 map by Ali al-Sharfi. Possibly a reference to a Muslim holy man Sidi ibn Ghazi. "Ibn Ghazi" itself can literally be translated as "son of the ghazi (warrior)".

Proper noun

بنغازی • (Bingâzi)

  1. Benghazi (a port city in eastern Libya)

Descendants

  • Turkish: Bingazi

References

  • Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Bingâzi”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎, 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 121
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