اوسكدار
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Byzantine Greek Σκουτάριον (Skoutárion), perhaps from Latin scūtārium, accusative of scūtārius (“guard armed with a shield”); however, Nishanyan does not rule out a derivation from Persian [script needed] (üsküdâr, “messenger station”). This city was originally called Χρῡσόπολῐς (Khrūsópolis) by the Ancient Greeks, a compound of χρῡσός (khrūsós, “gold”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”).
Descendants
- Turkish: Üsküdar
- → Armenian: Ուսկյուդար (Uskyudar)
- → Kyrgyz: Үскүдар (Üsküdar)
Further reading
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “Üsküdar”, in Nişanyan Yeradları: Türkiye ve Çevre Ülkeler Yerleşim Birimleri Envanteri [Index Anatolicus: An inventory of place names of Turkey and surrounding countries] (in Turkish)
- Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Üsküdar”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 781
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