دوقه‌كین

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Albanian Dukagjin, see there for further explanation.

Proper noun

دوقه‌كین • (duka-gin)

  1. Dukagjin (a sandjak in Rumelia)
    • 1662, Evliya Çelebi, Seyahatnâme, volume 9, page 36b, lines 23–24:
      روم‌ایلی ایالتنده دوقه‌كین سانجاغی حكمنده صوباشلق ونیبتدر
      rum-eli eyaletinde duka-gin sancağı hükminde subaşlık ve-niyabetdir
      it is situated in the sandjak of Dukagjin in the eyalet of Rumelia, and has a subaşı and a deputy kadi

Descendants

  • Turkish: Dukakin

References

  • Dankoff & Elsie (2000), pages 56f., 257
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