حكاری
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
The toponym probably derives from the name of a tribe that settled in this place in the 13th century. The city was previously known as چولهمرك (çölemerik).
Proper noun
حكاری • (hakkâri)
Descendants
- Turkish: Hakkâri
Further reading
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “Hakkâri”, 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) “Hakkâri”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 323
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