لفقوشه

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek Λευκωσία (Leukōsía), q.v.

Proper noun

لفقوشه (Lefkoşa)

  1. Nicosia (the capital city of Cyprus and Northern Cyprus)

Descendants

  • Turkish: Lefkoşa
  • Armenian: Լէֆքօշա (Lēfkʻōša)

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