بوردور
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Probably from Latin Praetōrium, from praetōrium (“headquarters, governor's palace”); alternatively, from a dialectal variant of the phrase "Burada dur." ('Stay here.').
Descendants
- Turkish: Burdur
- → Armenian: Բուրդուր (Burdur), Պուրտուր (Purtur)
Further reading
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “Burdur”, 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) “Burdur”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 138
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