هرسك

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Ottoman Turkish

هرسك

Etymology

Ultimately from German Herzog (duke).

Proper noun

هرسك (hersek)

  1. (historical) herzog, a German hereditary title held by one who rules a territorial duchy
  2. (geography) Herzegovina (the southern region or wedge of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Descendants

  • Turkish: Hersek
  • Armenian: Հէրսէք (Hērsēkʻ)

Further reading

  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “هرسك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1323
  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “هرسك”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 5461
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “هرسك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2162
  • Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Hersek”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎, 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 346