آق دكز

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

آق دڭز

Etymology

آق (ak, “white”) + دكز (deñiz, deniz, “sea”).

Referring to it as the "White" sea is common throughout the region, see Arabic الْبَحْر الْأَبْيَض الْمُتَوَسِّط (al-baḥr al-ʔabyaḍ al-mutawassiṭ, “"Middle white sea”), Persian , though these may be calques as direct translations from the Ottoman (possibly by the Ottomans). See the Wikipedia page for more details.

Proper noun

آق دكز • (Ak Deñiz)

Mediterranean Sea
Synonyms: بحر سفید (Bahr-i Sefid), بحر روم (Bahr-i Rûm)

Descendants

Turkish: Akdeniz

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 161

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